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   Historical Events   
      
   1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway   
      
   1870 - 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia   
      
   1885 - News of the fall of Khartoum reaches London   
      
   1962 - French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence   
      
   1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   
      
   1991 - Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern   
   lost claiming the Giants would lose the Super Bowl   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem   
   "Maamme"), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877)   
      
   1923 - Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, born in Basin, Wyoming (d.   
   2016)   
      
   1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and player, born in   
   Sunne, Sweden   
      
   1953 - Valerie Carter, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, and session   
   vocalist, born in Winter Haven, Florida (d. 2017)   
      
   1968 - Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor, born in Tel Aviv, Israel   
      
   1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer (LiveJournal), born in Iowa,   
   United States   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1807 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80   
      
   1892 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)   
      
   1946 - George Arliss, British Academy Award-winning actor (Disraeli; Devil;   
   Green Goddess), dies at 77   
      
   1977 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67   
      
   1979 - Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23),   
   dies at 77   
      
   2003 - Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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