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Historical Events

1900 - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam

1908 - 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued

1951 - Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy

1968 - X Winter Olympic Games close in Grenoble, France

1990 - 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins (165.761 MPH)

2009 - The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics announced that the Taiwanese economy has contracted an unprecedented 8.36% in the fourth quarter of 2008; thus placing the country in a technical recession

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Famous Birthdays

1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)

1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer (The Goodies), born in Aberdeen, Scotland

1952 - Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], American vocalist (Angel of the Morning), born in Virginia

1953 - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)

1964 - Matt Dillon, actor (The Outsiders, Crash), born in New Rochelle, New York

1966 - Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)

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Famous Deaths

1745 - Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, dies at 67

1829 - Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77

1906 - John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer, dies at 75

1949 - Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71

1995 - Robert "Bob" Stinson, American rock guitarist (The Replacements), dies of organ failure at 35

1996 - Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48

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