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   Historical Events   
      
   1927 - NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series   
      
   1952 - Chinese offensive in Korea   
      
   1971 - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"   
      
   1981 - US President Ronald Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald   
   Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral   
      
   1982 - Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions   
      
   2012 - Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Libyan Prime Minister, is   
   voted out of office by the Libyan parliament   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1747 - Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (d. 1819)   
      
   1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in   
   Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)   
      
   1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician (Leader of the Socialist Party), born   
   in Oss, Netherlands   
      
   1954 - Ben Amonette, Radford VA, free pistol (Olympics 1992, 96)   
      
   1965 - Ross Flemer, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Newport Beach, California   
      
   1974 - Rashaan Salaam, NFL running back (Chicago Bears, born in San Diego,   
   California (d. 2016)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   
      
   1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary   
      
   1865 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51   
      
   1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41   
      
   1954 - Morten Korch, Danish author, dies at 78   
      
   1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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