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   Historical Events   
      
   1909 - British explorers David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole as   
   part of the Nimrod Expedition   
      
   1943 - -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)   
      
   1976 - "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV   
      
   1981 - John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK   
      
   1988 - Czech dissident Václav Havel is arrested in Prague for taking part in   
   demonstrations against the communist government   
      
   2013 - A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants   
   begins, killing 48 hostages   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)   
      
   1872 - Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On   
   the art of theatre), born in Stevenage Hertfordshire, England (d. 1966)   
      
   1930 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)   
      
   1931 - Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)   
      
   1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch football manager   
      
   1969 - Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics 1996)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   308 - Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   
      
   1554 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   
      
   1748 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   
      
   1752 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (History of Norfolk), dies at 46   
      
   1962 - Ivan MeÅ¡trović, Croatian sculptor and architect, dies at 78   
      
   1996 - Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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