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   Historical Events   
      
   1899 - US takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific   
      
   1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 men rob $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities   
   from armored car company Brink's offices in Boston, Massachusetts   
      
   1966 - Martin Luther King Jr. opens campaign in Chicago   
      
   1977 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14   
      
   1977 - KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams   
      
   1994 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1902 - Geoffrey W Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55)   
      
   1907 - Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes)   
      
   1920 - Nora Kaye, American prima ballerina, born in NYC, New York   
      
   1925 - Duane Hanson, US sculptor   
      
   1926 - Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)   
      
   1947 - Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1588 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general, dies at 59   
      
   1902 - Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed   
      
   1942 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal, dies at 57   
      
   1955 - Joannes A Veraart, Dut judge/MP, (Jews in Neth), dies at 68   
      
   1992 - Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies   
      
   1997 - Amha Selassie, Crown prince of Ethiopia and son of emperor Haile   
   Selassi, dies at 82   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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