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   Historical Events   
      
   1914 - Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I   
      
   1939 - Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania   
      
   1949 - Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit   
      
   1956 - Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon   
      
   1980 - Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base   
      
   1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1636 - Pietro Sanmartini, composer   
      
   1910 - Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi   
      
   1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (Final Justice, South Pacific, The   
   Barefoot Contessa), born in Bolognia, Italy (d. 1994)   
      
   1933 - Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)   
      
   1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs,   
   Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings), born in Kitchener, Ontario   
      
   1980 - Avi Strool, Israeli footballer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1137 - Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered   
      
   1905 - George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80   
      
   1939 - Gwen John, Welsh painter, dies at 63   
      
   1960 - A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies   
      
   1964 - Clive Bell, English art critic, dies at 83   
      
   2002 - Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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