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   Historical Events   
      
   1731 - Charles Farnese becomes Duke of Parma and Piacenza   
      
   1799 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar   
      
   1901 - Oil discovered at Spindletop, Beaumont, marking the start of the Texas   
   oil boom (gusher age)   
      
   1927 - Fritz Lang's silent film "Metropolis" premieres in Berlin   
      
   1993 - "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 37 performances   
      
   2015 - Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Poland's Agnieszka RadwaÅ„ska and Jerzy   
   Janowicz beat American pair Serena Williams and John Isner 7-5, 6-3 to clinch   
   a 2-1 win; earlier RadwaÅ„ska defeats Williams 6-4, 6-7, 6-1   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1683 - Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona,   
   Italy (d. ~1713)   
      
   1883 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), born in Pugachyov,   
   Russia (d. 1945)   
      
   1916 - Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Wilcox, Canada (d. 2007)   
      
   1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator, born in New   
   York City, New York   
      
   1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist, born in Riga, Latvia   
      
   1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler, born in Memphis,   
   Tennessee (d. 2018)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   976 - John I Tzimisces/Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor (969-76), dies at 51   
      
   1276 - Pope Gregory X, (Tedaldo Visconti), dies. (bc. 1210)   
      
   1662 - Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)   
      
   1982 - Lazar Weiner, Russian-born American composer, dies at 84   
      
   1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies   
      
   2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of   
   Canada (b. 1909)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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