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   Historical Events   
      
   1881 - -27] Natal: British troops under Major General Colley occupy Majuba Hill   
      
   1918 - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604   
      
   1987 - USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   1991 - Signs of Iran crude now an option for US refiners, but no imports from   
   Iran likely in near future   
      
   2012 - 61st NBA All-Star Game, Amway Centre, Orlando, FL: West beats East,   
   152-149; MVP: Kevin Durant, OKC Thunder, F   
      
   2013 - A flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and   
   stretched is developed   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus), born in   
   Canterbury, England (d. 1593) baptism date   
      
   1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)   
      
   1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)   
      
   1913 - George G Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini)   
      
   1970 - Meeno Peluce, Dutch actor (Bad News Bears), born in Amsterdam,   
   Netherlands   
      
   1970 - Katie O'Neill, American actress (Together We Stand), born in Los   
   Angeles, California   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1814 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, dies at 73   
      
   1981 - FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79   
      
   1994 - William Melvin "Bill" Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social   
   critic, dies of pancreatic cancer at 32   
      
   1996 - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76   
      
   1996 - MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg [Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg], Polish-Soviet   
   composer, dies from Crohn's disease at 77   
      
   2017 - Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 83   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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