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   Historical Events   
      
   1667 - Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War   
      
   1899 - Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)   
      
   1953 - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   
      
   1961 - JFK visits Puerto Rico   
      
   1969 - San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones   
      
   2015 - Fifth Republican presidential candidates debate in Las Vegas, Nevada   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1793 - Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy),   
   born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)   
      
   1857 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, Polish composer, born in Siedlce, Poland (d. 1898)   
      
   1943 - Kathleen Blanco, American politician   
      
   1977 - Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay (Olympic gold 1996)   
      
   1981 - Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player   
      
   1991 - Eunice Cho, American actress   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1576 - Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   
      
   1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)   
      
   1892 - Charles Balmer, German composer, dies at 75   
      
   1944 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller   
   Orchestra-In the Mood), dies in a suspected plane crash at 40   
      
   1980 - Rudolph Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer and professor of Law at   
   Leiden University, dies at 86   
      
   2010 - Blake Edwards, American writer and director (10, SOB, Breakfast at   
   Tiffany's), dies at 88   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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