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   Historical Events   
      
   1804 - Scottish explorer Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger   
   River   
      
   1858 - Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester, England   
      
   1933 - Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match   
      
   1945 - "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 9,400 die   
      
   1961 - Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC   
      
   1962 - UN General Assembly censures Portugal over Angola   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1915 - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno)   
      
   1922 - Pal Jardanyi, composer   
      
   1928 - Harold Prince, US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita)   
      
   1931 - John Crosbie, Canadian politician   
      
   1943 - Sandy Deane, American rocker (Jay and the Americans), born in Brooklyn,   
   New York   
      
   1981 - Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer, born in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1384 - Louis II, Count of Flanders, dies at 53   
      
   1881 - Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58   
      
   1975 - Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72   
      
   2005 - Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)   
      
   2015 - Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, dies at 88   
      
   2015 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian-born American chemist and father of the   
   contraceptive pill, dies at 91   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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