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   Historical Events   
      
   1551 - English Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset re-arrested   
      
   1942 - Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India   
      
   1976 - Soyuz 23 returns to Earth   
      
   1991 - Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life   
   under the league's anti-drug agreement   
      
   1998 - Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London   
   on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges   
      
   2021 - NASA probe Lucy launched on mission to fly-by eight Trojan asteroids   
   circling the sun   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1811 - Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), born in   
   Rome (d. 1898)   
      
   1821 - Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, born in Lemberg,   
   Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1883)   
      
   1854 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist   
      
   1855 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)   
      
   1897 - Harrison Kerr, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1978)   
      
   1927 - Gus Yatron, American boxer and politician (Rep-D-PA, 1969-93), born in   
   Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1333 - Nicolaas V [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies at   
   about 73   
      
   1956 - Jules Rimet, French football administrator (3rd President of FIFA   
   1921-54), dies at 83   
      
   2003 - Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)   
      
   2004 - Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F.   
   Kennedy), dies at 79   
      
   2012 - Eddie Yost, American MLB player, dies from cardiovascular disease at 86   
      
   2020 - Rodolfo Fischer, Argentine soccer striker (35 caps; San Lorenzo 271   
   games), dies at 76   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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