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   Historical Events   
      
   1805 - Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French   
      
   1849 - Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government   
   activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later   
   commuted to hard labor   
      
   1856 - Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens   
      
   1950 - US President Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by   
   communist threat   
      
   1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY Knicks   
      
   1974 - John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)   
      
   1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)   
      
   1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)   
      
   1762 - Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess   
      
   1870 - Alfred Hill, New Zealand Australian composer (Hinemoa), born in   
   Melbourne (d. 1960)   
      
   1970 - Jason Carthen, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1785 - Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, dies at 76   
      
   1932 - Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51   
      
   1960 - Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59   
      
   1965 - Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician, dies at 80   
      
   1973 - Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif   
      
   2005 - Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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