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   Historical Events   
      
   1836 - Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)   
      
   1884 - Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State   
      
   1972 - Belgium recognizes German DR   
      
   1978 - Ballon d'Or: Hamburg's English forward Kevin Keegan wins his 1st of 2   
   consecutive trophies as best football player in Europe; beats Barcelona   
   striker Hans Krankl and Anderlecht winger Rob Rensenbrink   
      
   1988 - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades   
      
   2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of   
   the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1555 - Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist   
      
   1874 - Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), born in Lwow,   
   Poland (d. 1951)   
      
   1917 - Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (PandO)   
      
   1962 - Bill Self, American basketball coach   
      
   1970 - Mike Salmon, NFL/WLAF safety (Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, SF 49ers)   
      
   1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1858 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73   
      
   1991 - Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43   
      
   2002 - George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)   
      
   2015 - Stevie Wright, British-born Australian singer with the Easybeats   
   (Friday on my Mind), dies at 68   
      
   2015 - Meadowlark Lemmon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters),   
   dies at 83   
      
   2015 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director, dies at 93   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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