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   Historical Events   
      
   1895 - George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   
      
   1907 - Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan   
      
   1960 - "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 835   
   performances   
      
   1978 - Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda   
      
   1989 - 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)   
      
   1991 - Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1778 - Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements)   
      
   1820 - Frederick Tracy Dent, American General (Union Army), born in St. Louis,   
   Missouri (d. 1892)   
      
   1947 - Wes Studi, actor (Last of the Mohicans)   
      
   1948 - Jim Bonfanti, rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way)   
      
   1964 - Frank Musil, Pardubice Cze, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)   
      
   1965 - Scott Edward Gump, American PGA golfer (1991 International-2nd), born   
   in Rockledge, Florida   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   695 - Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   
      
   1962 - Thomas Mitchell, American academy award winning actor (Gone with the   
   Wind, High Noon), dies of bone cancer at 70   
      
   1996 - Wayne Barlow, American composer, dies at 84   
      
   1996 - Elizabeth Hill, Russian-English teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at   
   96   
      
   2003 - Otto Graham, NFL Quarterback, dies of a heart aneurysm at 82   
      
   2008 - Sammy Baugh, American football player, dies at 94   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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