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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 10th February 2019   
   10 Feb 19 05:14:05   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-qi2-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   60 - St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta   
      
   1549 - Tomé de Sousa appointed governor general of Brazil   
      
   1966 - "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann is published by Bernard Geis   
   Associates in the US - sold over 31 million copies   
      
   1968 - "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3   
      
   1991 - Lithuania votes for independence from USSR   
      
   2007 - NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 31-28; MVP:   
   Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals, QB   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1918 - Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman   
      
   1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic 2 gold/1   
   silver-1964-72)   
      
   1957 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)   
      
   1964 - Mir Aimal Kansi, Pakistani perpretrator of the 1993 shootings at CIA   
   Headquarters, born in Quetta, Pakistan (d. 2002)   
      
   1964 - Francesca Neri, Italian actress (Ages of Lulu), born in Trento, Italy   
      
   1965 - Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned), born in Zutphen,   
   Netherlands   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1783 - James Nares, composer, dies at 67   
      
   1822 - Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian   
   Netherlands, dies at 83   
      
   1868 - David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), dies at   
   86   
      
   1906 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and   
   politician, dies at 78   
      
   1960 - Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)   
      
   2006 - J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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