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   Historical Events   
      
   1588 - Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)   
      
   1813 - Americans capture Frenchtown, Michigan Territory   
      
   1879 - Battle of Rorke's Drift: British garrison of 150 holds off 3,000-4,000   
   Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and a number of other decorations were   
   awarded to the defenders.   
      
   1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British   
   Columbia, killing more than 130   
      
   1969 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit   
      
   1983 - 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)   
      
   1906 - Willa B Brown (Coffey), US African American air pioneer (NAAA)   
      
   1916 - Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a   
   State of India) (d. 1994)   
      
   1921 - Andre Hodeir, composer   
      
   1935 - Pierre S Du Pont IV, (gov-Del)   
      
   1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist, born in Khabarovsk, Russia   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1900 - David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone,   
   teleprinter), dies at 68   
      
   1945 - Alfred Wolfenstein, German writer, dies at 61   
      
   1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general, dies at 83   
      
   1988 - Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86   
      
   2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)   
      
   2010 - Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls), dies at 80   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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