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Historical Events

1662 - Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders to Chinese pirates

1954 - Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire

1960 - Australian Championships Men's Tennis: In a classic all-Australian final
Rod Laver beats Neale Fraser 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 8-6; Laver's first Grand Slam title win

1965 - Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson beats Canadian George Chuvalo by unanimous decision in a 12-round non-title clash at New York's Madison Square Garden; 'The Ring' names bout Fight of the Year.

1980 - "Call Me" single released by Blondie (Billboard Song of the Year 1980)

1993 - NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman

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Famous Birthdays

1761 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)

1791 - Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

1807 - William Bowen Campbell, American politician and Civil War Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Sumner County, Tennessee (d. 1867)

1906 - Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)

1968 - Mark Recchi, Canadian NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens), born in Kamloops, Canada

1972 - Richard Becker, American baseball outfielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Aurora, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1902 - Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer, dies at 70

1958 - Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies

1966 - Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record and dies in descent

1987 - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)

1997 - Herb Caen, American columnist (SF Chronicle), dies of lung cancer, at 80

2005 - George Douglass Milne, British peer, soldier and artist dies at 95

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