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Historical Events

1588 - Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)

1813 - Americans capture Frenchtown, Michigan Territory

1879 - Battle of Rorke's Drift: British garrison of 150 holds off 3,000-4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and a number of other decorations were awarded to the defenders.

1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
killing more than 130

1969 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit

1983 - 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds

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Famous Birthdays

1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)

1906 - Willa B Brown (Coffey), US African American air pioneer (NAAA)

1916 - Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State
of India) (d. 1994)

1921 - Andre Hodeir, composer

1935 - Pierre S Du Pont IV, (gov-Del)

1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist, born in Khabarovsk, Russia

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Famous Deaths

1900 - David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter), dies at 68

1945 - Alfred Wolfenstein, German writer, dies at 61

1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general, dies at 83

1988 - Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86

2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)

2010 - Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls), dies at 80

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