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Historical Events

1802 - First celebration of Burns night, in honor of poet Robert Burns's birthday by The Mother Club in Greenock (later realized his actual birthday 25th January)

1943 - New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal

1951 - "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances

1966 - Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" premieres

1989 - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129

1991 - Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years

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Famous Birthdays

1900 - Marco Tajcevic, composer

1908 - Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)

1926 - Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist

1964 - Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)

1973 - Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)

1975 - Hendrik Dreekmann, German tennis star

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Famous Deaths

1824 - Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Countess of Albany, dies at 71

1995 - Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold 1948), dies at 77

1995 - Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52

2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88

2004 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of kidney disease at 88

2007 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)

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