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Historical Events

1881 - -27] Natal: British troops under Major General Colley occupy Majuba Hill

1918 - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604

1987 - USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1991 - Signs of Iran crude now an option for US refiners, but no imports from Iran likely in near future

2012 - 61st NBA All-Star Game, Amway Centre, Orlando, FL: West beats East, 152-149; MVP: Kevin Durant, OKC Thunder, F

2013 - A flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed

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Famous Birthdays

1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus), born in Canterbury, England (d. 1593) baptism date

1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)

1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)

1913 - George G Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini)

1970 - Meeno Peluce, Dutch actor (Bad News Bears), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

1970 - Katie O'Neill, American actress (Together We Stand), born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1814 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, dies at 73

1981 - FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79

1994 - William Melvin "Bill" Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social critic, dies of pancreatic cancer at 32

1996 - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76

1996 - Mieczysław Weinberg [Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg], Polish-Soviet composer, dies from Crohn's disease at 77

2017 - Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 83

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