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   Historical Events   
      
   1812 - World's first cannery (Donkin, Hall and Gamble) opens in London,   
   England to supply food to the Royal Navy   
      
   1940 - Dutch government in exile of Gerbrandy forms in London   
      
   1966 - Future Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr signs his first NHL contract with   
   the Boston Bruins; 2 year deal paying a then record $70,000 plus signing bonus   
      
   1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?" hosted by John Charles Daly on CBS TV   
      
   1989 - American tennis star Chris Evert beats 15-year-old Monica Seles 6-0,   
   6-2 in a 4th round match for her 101st and last US Open singles victory   
      
   1995 - eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon I (son of Alexandre de   
   Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie), born in Paris (d. 1824)   
      
   1915 - Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist, choral composer, and conductor, born   
   in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2014)   
      
   1926 - Irene Papas, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun, The Guns   
   of Navarone), born in Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece   
      
   1947 - Michael Huffington, American oil millionaire and politician   
   (Rep-R-California, 1992-94), born in Dallas, Texas   
      
   1948 - Tara Singh Varma, Dutch politcian (1st black woman in Dutch 2nd   
   Chamber), born in Springlands, British Guiana   
      
   1964 - Ernest Givins, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1990, 92; Houston   
   Oilers), born in St. Petersburg, Florida   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1860 - Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, dies at 56   
      
   1903 - Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)   
      
   1962 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (Tulips and Chimneys), dies at 67   
      
   1994 - Nikos Ghika, Greek artist, dies at 88   
      
   1995 - Donald Cuthbert Coleman, British economic historian, dies at 75   
      
   2015 - Adrian Cadbury, British confectionery manufacturer (Cadbury) and author   
   of report on Corporate Governance, dies at 86   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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