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   Historical Events   
      
   1883 - Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako, Niger   
      
   1915 - Second Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army   
      
   1941 - Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to   
   Me"   
      
   1950 - Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Department of State   
   (equiv. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)   
      
   1976 - Toronto center Darryl Sittler sets NHL record with 10 points in a Maple   
   Leafs' 11-4 win over Boston at Maple Leaf Gardens; 6 goals, 4 assists   
      
   1998 - XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1710 - William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), born in   
   London (d. 1779)   
      
   1864 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer   
      
   1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)   
      
   1942 - Ton de Kok, Dutch politician (CDA)   
      
   1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer   
      
   1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)   
      
   1901 - Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64   
      
   1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian road racing cyclist, dies at 60   
      
   1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer, dies at 75   
      
   1988 - Lin[wood V] Carter, American sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies   
   at 57   
      
   2009 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, dies of natural   
   causes at 84   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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