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   Historical Events   
      
   962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas,   
   Byzantine troops stormed city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John   
   the Baptist   
      
   1482 - The Peace of Atrecht (now Arras) concluded between Louis XI of France   
   and Maximilian of Austria, ending the War of the Burgundian Succession   
      
   1751 - France sets plan to tax clergymen   
      
   1832 - Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender   
      
   1940 - John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance" premieres in NYC   
      
   1962 - Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1923 - Milt Okun, American music producer and arranger (John Denver, Peter,   
   Paul and Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)   
      
   1924 - Floyd Kalber, American television journalist and anchorman (NBC Weekend   
   News Anchor-1973), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2004)   
      
   1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite, born in Hampshire (d. 2017)   
      
   1974 - Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Ambuquí, Ecuador   
      
   1977 - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer, born in Finland   
      
   1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Ciudad Bolivar,   
   Venezuela   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England   
      
   1744 - Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68   
      
   1946 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)   
      
   1967 - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, American Zen teacher (1st Zen Institute of   
   America), dies at 75   
      
   1984 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (b. 1896)   
      
   2013 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, dies at   
   94   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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