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   Historical Events   
      
   1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.   
      
   1949 - USSR recognizes People's Republic of China   
      
   1954 - Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal,   
   India   
      
   1961 - "Ben Casey" premieres on NBC-TV   
      
   1968 - St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson establishes a new Baseball World Series   
   mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals beat Detroit, 4-0 in Game 1   
   of the Fall Classic   
      
   2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1704 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   
      
   1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District   
   (d. 1924)   
      
   1929 - Kenneth Leighton, composer   
      
   1932 - Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish paramilitary and political leader of Sinn   
   Féin, born in Longford, Ireland (d. 2013)   
      
   1953 - Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leonean politician, President of Sierra Leone   
   (2007-), born in Makeni, Sierra Leone   
      
   1968 - Mark James Crear, 110m hurdler (Olympic silver 1996), born in San   
   Francisco, California   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)   
      
   1629 - Pierre the Barulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies   
      
   1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)   
      
   1956 - George Bancroft, American actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies   
   at 74   
      
   1993 - William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of   
   Hercules), dies of prostate cancer at 65   
      
   1996 - Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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