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Historical Events
1670 - Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1865 - Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1900 - Battle at Pietershoogte during the Boer War
1912 - Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
1961 - The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated
1987 - Donald Regan resigns as White House chief of staff
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Famous Birthdays
1850 - Henry Edwards Huntington, American railroad exec
1881 - Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
1913 - Frank Allaun, British MP (L)
1927 - Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman (Royal College of Art)
1936 - Chuck Glaser, American singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), born in
Spalding, Nebraska
1937 - Donald MacKay, CEO (Scottish Enterprise), born in Griffith, Australia (d. 1977)
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Famous Deaths
1167 - Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1805 - Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1892 - Louis Vuitton, French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, dies at 70
1992 - Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80
1993 - Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
1995 - Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
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