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   Historical Events   
      
   1840 - First Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi   
   Captain William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands, NZ   
      
   1966 - Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" premieres at   
   Palace Theater in NYC for 608 performances   
      
   1968 - Australian Championships Women's Tennis: American Billie Jean King   
   beats home favourite Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 for her 13th Grand Slam singles   
   title   
      
   1972 - 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville, Kentucky   
      
   1974 - 1974 NFL Draft: Ed Jones from Tennessee State first pick by Dallas   
   Cowboys   
      
   2019 - US Postal Service suspends deliveries to ten states due to severity of   
   the polar vortex   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1632 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)   
      
   1937 - Bobby Scott, American composer, arranger and jazz singer ("He Ain't   
   Heavy, He's My Brother"), born in Mt Pleasant, New York (d. 1990)   
      
   1950 - Jody Scheckter, South African auto racer (World F1 Champion 1979), born   
   in East London, South Africa   
      
   1955 - John Tate, American heavyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1968)   
      
   1975 - Sara Gilbert, American actress (Darlene Conner-Roseanne), born in Santa   
   Monica, California   
      
   1985 - Rag'n'Bone Man [Rory Charles Graham], English singer-songwriter   
   (Human), born in Uckfield, England   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1993 - Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65   
      
   2004 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of   
   kidney disease at 88   
      
   2011 - Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and   
   electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), dies   
   at 94   
      
   2015 - Colleen McCullough, Australian author (Tim, Indecent Obsession, The   
   Thorn Birds), dies at 77   
      
   2021 - Grady Gaines, American jazz, blues, and RandB tenor saxophonist (Little   
   Richard; Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson), dies at 86   
      
   2022 - Rashid Byramji, Indian thoroughbred trainer (3,170 winners/230   
   classics; Elusive Pimpernel 22/23 starts; Squanderer 18/19 starts; Indian   
   Derby x 10), dies at 88   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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