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Historical Events

1575 - Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims

1943 - German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits front

1972 - XI Winter Olympic Games close at Sapporo, Japan

1990 - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games

2000 - The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.

2010 - A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more.

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Famous Birthdays

1908 - Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer

1911 - Jean Muir Fullarton, American actress and educator (Fugitive in the Sky,
The Aldrich Family), born in Suffern, New York (d. 1996)

1937 - Sigmund Jaehn, German cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29), born in Muldenhammer, Germany

1979 - Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer, born in Zamora, Mexico

1980 - Kristy Powell, US gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Stuart, Florida

1997 - Michael Jackson Jr., son of Michael Jackson, born in Beverly Hills, California

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Famous Deaths

1315 - Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies

1883 - Richard Wagner, German composer (The Ring of the Nibelung, The Flying Dutchman), dies at 69

1906 - Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, dies at 39

1963 - Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies

1990 - Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79

1991 - Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67

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