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   Historical Events   
      
   1896 - Georges Feydeau's "Le Dindon" premieres in Paris   
      
   1972 - Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame   
      
   1973 - Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches" premieres in NYC   
      
   1983 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period   
      
   1990 - "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial   
   remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine   
      
   1993 - Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1828 - Antonio Cagnoni, Italian composer, born in Godiasco (d. 1896)   
      
   1877 - Helen Homans, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1906), born in   
   Englewood, New Jersey (d. 1949)   
      
   1906 - Chester F. Carlson, American inventor (photocopy), born in Seattle,   
   Washington (d. 1968)   
      
   1930 - Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, born in   
   Seville, Spain (d. 2005)   
      
   1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer   
      
   1983 - Jim Verraros, American pop singer (American Idol, 2002), born in Mount   
   Prospect, Illinois   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1611 - Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Re   
   s-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)   
      
   1650 - John Adriaensz, Dutch hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at   
   about 74   
      
   1909 - Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, dies at 80   
      
   1975 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)   
      
   1979 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet and writer (against   
   Pasternak), dies at 82   
      
   1994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at   
   85   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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