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   Historical Events   
      
   1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph (gramophone) to the editors   
   of "Scientific American"   
      
   1949 - Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan   
      
   1953 - Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires   
      
   1954 - Japanese government of Joshida resigns   
      
   1956 - Australian swimmer Murray Rose claims his 3rd gold medal at the   
   Melbourne Olympics when he wins the 1,500m in 17:58.9; also wins 400m and 4 x   
   200m relay   
      
   1982 - In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed   
   by lethal injection in the US.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King consort of Mary I of Scotland, born in   
   Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England (d. 1567)   
      
   1604 - Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, born in Altdorf, Weingarten,   
   Württemberg (d. 1672)   
      
   1754 - Jack Jouett, American politician and patriot (warn Thomas Jefferson of   
   British attack), born in  Albemarle County, Virginia (d. 1822)   
      
   1948 - Gary Morris, country singer/actor (Colbys), born in Fort Worth, Texas   
      
   1972 - Hermann Maier, Austrian skier   
      
   1979 - Jennifer Carpenter, American actress   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1899 - Antoni de Kontski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82   
      
   1947 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist, dies at 81   
      
   1947 - Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher, diplomat (Nobel Peace   
   Prize 1931), educator (Columbia University President), dies at 85   
      
   1979 - Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris   
      
   1985 - Robert Graves, English writer and poet (King Jesus), dies at 90   
      
   1993 - Félix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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