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Historical Events

1901 - George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son" premieres in NYC

1949 - WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)

1977 - Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons

1989 - Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park

1993 - Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"

1995 - Muslim fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead

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Famous Birthdays

1916 - Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records)

1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist

1926 - Harvey McGregor, QC/warden (New College-Oxford)

1953 - Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent (Entertainment Tonight)

1971 - Byron Dafoe, NHL goalie (LA Kings), born in Sussex, England

1974 - Detron Smith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)

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Famous Deaths

1536 - Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)

1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)

1947 - Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82

1970 - Mark Rothko [Marcus Rothkovich], American abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66

1990 - Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30

2009 - Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician

More Famous Deaths ¯

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