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   Historical Events   
      
   1943 - Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area   
      
   1976 - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse NYC for 16   
   performances   
      
   1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of   
   oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster   
      
   1993 - After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays   
   his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand   
   in Newcastle   
      
   1993 - Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems   
      
   2009 - British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 3rd in inaugural Abu   
   Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to win his first F1 World Drivers   
   Championship by 11 points from Sebastian Vettel   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1351 - Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1365-68), born in Vienna, Austria (d.   
   1386)   
      
   1526 - Catherine Jagellion, Polish princess and queen of Sweden as the wife of   
   John III of Sweden, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1583)   
      
   1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer, born in    
   arlat-la-Canéda, Périgord, France (d. 1563)   
      
   1897 - Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy   
   Hill), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1999)   
      
   1911 - Henri Troyat, Russian-French author and historian, born in Moscow (d.   
   2007)   
      
   1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Italian automotive executive (Fiat, 1965-2004), born   
   in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2004)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (Les Libertés de l'église   
   gallicane), dies at 57   
      
   1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)   
      
   1985 - Arnold Pihlak, Estonian soccer forward (44 caps; FK Austria Wien), dies   
   at 83   
      
   1995 - Desmond Shawe-Taylor, British critic and writer (co-author of The   
   Record Guide), dies at 88   
      
   2006 - William Styron, American novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's   
   Choice), dies at 81   
      
   2012 - Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta   
   Braves), dies during apparent home robbery at 55   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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