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   Historical Events   
      
   1493 - 1st sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus   
      
   1923 - Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight, Spain   
      
   1973 - Luna 21 launched, to Moon   
      
   1976 - C. W. McCall CB song "Convoy" hits #1 on the country music charts   
      
   1976 - Ringo Starr releases "Oh My My" in UK   
      
   1984 - Rock band Van Halen release their most successful album "1984"   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1554 - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)   
      
   1856 - Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   
      
   1857 - Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   
      
   1959 - Mark Martin, American stock car racing driver, born in Batesville,   
   Arkansas   
      
   1965 - Joely Richardson, English actress (Body Contact, Wetherby), born in   
   London, England   
      
   1969 - Johanna Ikonen, Finnish ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics 1998),   
   born in Eno, Finland   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1854 - Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77   
      
   1968 - Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90   
      
   1990 - Sir Edward McTiernan, Australian jurist, lawyer and politician (b. 1892)   
      
   1991 - Chris Baay, Dutch actor (Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Klatergoud,   
   Surprise Raid), dies at 86   
      
   1993 - Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies   
      
   2018 - Tommy Lawrence, Scottish football player and goalkeeper (Liverpool,   
   Tranmere Rovers), dies at 77   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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