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   Historical Events   
      
   1638 - Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues   
      
   1905 - Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara   
      
   1946 - "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances   
      
   1972 - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)   
      
   1976 - "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS   
      
   1997 - "Show Boat" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1858 - Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror), born in Hed   
   socken (d. 1909)   
      
   1936 - Florence King, American humorist, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2016)   
      
   1940 - Michael Rose, British army officer, born in British India   
      
   1957 - Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Surry   
   Hills, Australia   
      
   1967 - J. H. Wyman, American film producer and director (Almost Human), born   
   in Oakland, California   
      
   1969 - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor, born in Paisley, United Kingdom   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1589 - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69   
      
   1796 - Samuel Huntington, American politician and signer of the Declaration of   
   Independence, dies at 64   
      
   1891 - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89   
      
   1971 - Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, American oceanographer, dies at 66   
      
   1981 - Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87   
      
   1998 - Georgi Sviridov, Soviet neoromantic composer, dies of a heart attack at   
   82   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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