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   Historical Events   
      
   1760 - Niccolò Piccinni's opera buffa "La buona figliuola" (The Good-Natured   
   Girl) first performed at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, Italy, with an all-male   
   cast   
      
   1855 - British government of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston forms   
      
   1911 - Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)   
      
   1947 - Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket   
      
   1979 - Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against Premier Bhutto   
      
   2018 - Brazilian jockey Jorge Ricardo equals world record number of victories   
   for a jockey - 12,844 in Rio de Janeiro   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1673 - Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, German composer, born in Immelborn,   
   Germany (d. 1731)   
      
   1868 - Syd Callaway, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 6 wickets, BB   
   5/37, HS 41; NSW CA, Canterbury [NZ]), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1923)   
      
   1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol   
   (Teacher's Pet, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters), born in Rowena, South Dakota   
      
   1957 - Kathy Najimy, American actress and activist (Sister Act, Veronica's   
   Closet), born in San Diego, California   
      
   1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics 1996), born in   
   Melbourne, Australia   
      
   1993 - Tinashe [Kachingwe], American actress and singer (Nightride), born in   
   Lexington, Kentucky   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1785 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48   
      
   1896 - Abraham van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   
      
   1963 - Abd el-Krim [Mohamed ibn Abdelkrim El-Khattabi], Moroccan political and   
   military leader (Republic of the Rif), dies at 85   
      
   1966 - Algot Haquinius, Swedish pianist, and composer, dies at 79   
      
   2012 - Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud   
   Shank), dies at 79   
      
   2015 - André Brink, South African writer (Kennis van die aand - 1st Afrikaans   
   book banned), dies at 79   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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