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   Historical Events   
      
   1802 - First celebration of Burns night, in honor of poet Robert Burns's   
   birthday by The Mother Club in Greenock (later realized his actual birthday   
   25th January)   
      
   1943 - New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at   
   Guadalcanal   
      
   1951 - "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances   
      
   1966 - Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" premieres   
      
   1989 - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY   
   Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129   
      
   1991 - Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1900 - Marco Tajcevic, composer   
      
   1908 - Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)   
      
   1926 - Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist   
      
   1964 - Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)   
      
   1973 - Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)   
      
   1975 - Hendrik Dreekmann, German tennis star   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1824 - Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Countess of Albany, dies at 71   
      
   1995 - Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold 1948), dies at 77   
      
   1995 - Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52   
      
   2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies   
   from a heart attack at 88   
      
   2004 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of   
   kidney disease at 88   
      
   2007 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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