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   Historical Events   
      
   1146 - European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time   
      
   1363 - Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen   
   Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of   
   the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty   
      
   1873 - Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the   
   archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.   
      
   1939 - General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army   
      
   1992 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances   
      
   2012 - A blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21   
   missing   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1687 - Francesco Maria Vallara, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d.   
   1740)   
      
   1818 - Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor   
   of Massachusetts (1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1895)   
      
   1916 - John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008)   
      
   1949 - Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra   
   Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)   
      
   1953 - Robert Parish, American College/Basketball HOF center (9 x NBA   
   All-Star; NBA C'ship 1981, 84, 86 Boston Celtics; 97 Chicago Bulls), born in   
   Shreveport, Louisiana   
      
   1977 - Marlon Byrd, American baseball player, born in Boynton Beach, Florida   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1745 - Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57   
      
   1910 - Albert Vandal, French earl and historian (Napoleon), dies at 57   
      
   1914 - Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26   
      
   1943 - A[braham] Merritt, American sci-fi author (The Moon Pool, Burn Witch   
   Bun), dies from a heart attack at 58   
      
   1989 - Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b.   
   1922)   
      
   2007 - Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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