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   Historical Events   
      
   1733 - Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king   
      
   1876 - King Leopold II opens Congo-conference   
      
   1920 - 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium   
      
   1944 - US Army troops entered Germany for 1st time   
      
   1993 - Wang Junxia  runs a women's 3000 m world record (8:12.29) at the   
   Chinese National Games   
      
   1997 - NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1519)   
      
   1856 - Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d.   
   1924)   
      
   1937 - Wes Hall, Barbadian former cricketer and politician, born in Glebe   
   Land, Station Hill, Barbados   
      
   1948 - Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor   
      
   1962 - Amy Yasbeck, Blue Ash, Ohio, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings,   
   Mask)   
      
   1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone   
   Thugs-N-Harmony)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   
      
   1672 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)   
      
   1861 - George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of   
   Massachusetts, dies at 65   
      
   1947 - Harry Rowe Shelley, American composer (known for his hymn music), dies   
   at 89   
      
   1995 - Jeremy Brett, [Peter Huggins], English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at   
   61   
      
   2001 - Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in   
   Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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