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   Historical Events   
      
   1900 - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam   
      
   1908 - 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued   
      
   1951 - Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy   
      
   1968 - X Winter Olympic Games close in Grenoble, France   
      
   1990 - 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins (165.761 MPH)   
      
   2009 - The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics announced   
   that the Taiwanese economy has contracted an unprecedented 8.36% in the fourth   
   quarter of 2008; thus placing the country in a technical recession   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)   
      
   1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer (The Goodies), born in Aberdeen, Scotland   
      
   1952 - Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], American vocalist (Angel of the Morning),   
   born in Virginia   
      
   1953 - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)   
      
   1964 - Matt Dillon, actor (The Outsiders, Crash), born in New Rochelle, New   
   York   
      
   1966 - Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1745 - Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, dies at 67   
      
   1829 - Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77   
      
   1906 - John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer, dies at 75   
      
   1949 - Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71   
      
   1995 - Robert "Bob" Stinson, American rock guitarist (The Replacements), dies   
   of organ failure at 35   
      
   1996 - Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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