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Historical Events

1909 - British explorers David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition

1943 - -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)

1976 - "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV

1981 - John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK

1988 - Czech dissident Václav Havel is arrested in Prague for taking part in demonstrations against the communist government

2013 - A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages

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Famous Birthdays

1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)

1872 - Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), born in Stevenage Hertfordshire, England (d. 1966)

1930 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)

1931 - Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)

1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch football manager

1969 - Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics 1996)

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Famous Deaths

308 - Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies

1554 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)

1748 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)

1752 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (History of Norfolk), dies at 46

1962 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, dies at 78

1996 - Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81

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