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   Historical Events   
      
   1579 - England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland   
      
   1896 - Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook "The Boston Cooking-School   
   Cook Book"   
      
   1922 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified by Dail Eireann by a 64-57 vote   
      
   1982 - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV   
      
   1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5   
      
   1996 - 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1898 - Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)   
      
   1911 - Butterfly McQueen [Thelma], American actress (Gone With the Wind, Flame   
   of Barbary Coast), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1995)   
      
   1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate   
      
   1966 - Jennifer Luff, Australian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney,   
   Australia   
      
   1972 - Donald Brashear, American NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens), born in   
   Bedford, Indiana   
      
   1977 - Dustin Diamond, American actor (Screech-Saved By Bell), born in San   
   Jose, California   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1944 - J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   
      
   1953 - Osa Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 58   
      
   1968 - Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   
      
   1995 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)   
      
   2012 - Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian author, dies from heart failure at 77   
      
   2016 - André Courrèges, French fashion designer, dies at 92   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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