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   Historical Events   
      
   1515 - Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory   
      
   1814 - Francis Scott Key pens the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", later known   
   as "The Star-Spangled Banner" while witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry   
   from a ship in Baltimore harbor   
      
   1929 - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox   
      
   1951 - Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats   
      
   1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   
      
   1996 - 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott   
   Hicks wins the People's Choice Award   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)   
      
   1898 - Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)   
      
   1913 - Jacobo Ã�rbenz, President of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA,   
   born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (d. 1971)   
      
   1947 - Jon "Bowser" Bauman, singer (Sha Na Na), born in Queens, New York   
      
   1957 - Kepler Wessels, Bloemfontein South Africa, South African cricketer who   
   played for both Australia and South Africa, the latter as captain.   
      
   1965 - Troy Neel, baseball player   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1972 - Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70   
      
   1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies   
   from heart failure at 71   
      
   1982 - Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, assassinated by a   
   bomb   
      
   1990 - Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40   
      
   2006 - Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)   
      
   2013 - Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, dies at 84   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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