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   Historical Events   
      
   1934 - Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium   
      
   1954 - Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli   
      
   1969 - Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine   
      
   1991 - Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested   
      
   1995 - Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi   
      
   1999 - British TV drama "Queer as Folk" written by Russell T. Davies, starring   
   Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam premieres on Channel 4   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1792 - Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   
      
   1824 - Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)   
      
   1876 - Wadih Sabra, Lebanese composer (Kulluna lil Watan), born in Beirut (d.   
   1952)   
      
   1880 - Edgar Istel, German composer, born in Mainz (d. 1948)   
      
   1975 - Robert Lopez, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York   
      
   1983 - Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor (Parks and Recreation,   
   Master of None), born in Columbia, South Carolina   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   155 - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake   
      
   1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   
      
   1867 - George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90   
      
   1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, dies at 68   
      
   1992 - Jacquelyn Hyde, American actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61   
      
   1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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