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   Historical Events   
      
   1861 - On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration   
      
   1900 - Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army)   
      
   1907 - 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London   
      
   1979 - St Lucia gains independence from Britain   
      
   1990 - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps   
      
   1994 - "Les Miserables" opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1877 - Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist   
      
   1944 - E. J. Peaker, American actress (That's Life), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma   
      
   1962 - Les Wallace, Scottish darts player, born in Forres, United Kingdom   
      
   1965 - Chris Dudley, American NBA center (NY Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers),   
   born in Stamford, Connecticut   
      
   1977 - Timo Rose, German filmmaker, born in Rellingen, Germany   
      
   1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player, born in Louisville, Kentucky   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1816 - Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92   
      
   1957 - Harry Sothern, British actor (Blind Wives, Buck Rogers), dies at 72   
      
   1977 - Edith Barrett, actress (Molly and Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64   
      
   1993 - Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72   
      
   1995 - Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of President Boudiaf, dies   
      
   2007 - Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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