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   Historical Events   
      
   1901 - George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son" premieres in NYC   
      
   1949 - WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   
      
   1977 - Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons   
      
   1989 - Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park   
      
   1993 - Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"   
      
   1995 - Muslim fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1916 - Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records)   
      
   1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist   
      
   1926 - Harvey McGregor, QC/warden (New College-Oxford)   
      
   1953 - Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent (Entertainment Tonight)   
      
   1971 - Byron Dafoe, NHL goalie (LA Kings), born in Sussex, England   
      
   1974 - Detron Smith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1536 - Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   
      
   1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)   
      
   1947 - Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82   
      
   1970 - Mark Rothko [Marcus Rothkovich], American abstract expressionist (Green   
   on Blue), dies at 66   
      
   1990 - Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30   
      
   2009 - Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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