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Historical Events

60 - St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta

1549 - Tomé de Sousa appointed governor general of Brazil

1966 - "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann is published by Bernard Geis Associates in the US - sold over 31 million copies

1968 - "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3

1991 - Lithuania votes for independence from USSR

2007 - NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 31-28; MVP: Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals, QB

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Famous Birthdays

1918 - Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman

1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic 2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)

1957 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)

1964 - Mir Aimal Kansi, Pakistani perpretrator of the 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters, born in Quetta, Pakistan (d. 2002)

1964 - Francesca Neri, Italian actress (Ages of Lulu), born in Trento, Italy

1965 - Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned), born in Zutphen, Netherlands

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Famous Deaths

1783 - James Nares, composer, dies at 67

1822 - Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 83

1868 - David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), dies at 86

1906 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, dies at 78

1960 - Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)

2006 - J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)

More Famous Deaths ¯

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