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   Historical Events   
      
   1799 - 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania   
      
   1895 - 23 cm (9 inches) of snow falls on New Orleans   
      
   1986 - National Assembly of the Philippines proclaims Ferdinand Marcos   
   President for six more years after rigged elections against Corazon Aquino,   
   supercharging the EDSA people power revolution   
      
   1987 - 29th Daytona 500: Bill Elliott leads for 104 of 200 laps including the   
   last 3; had won pole with record speed of 210.364 mph   
      
   1995 - Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko resigns   
      
   2009 - 58th NBA All-Star Game, US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ: West beats   
   East, 146-119; MVPs: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, F; Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers, C   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1885 - Richard Würz, German composer, and music critic, born in Munich,   
   Germany (d. 1965)   
      
   1921 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)   
      
   1923 - Justice Drake, British justice   
      
   1937 - Terry Everett, American politician (Rep-R-Alabama 1993-2009), born in   
   Dothan, Alabama   
      
   1947 - John Adams, American composer (Nixon In China), born in Worcester,   
   Massachusetts   
      
   1979 - Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Canadian actor (Quarantine), born in Vancouver,   
   British Columbia   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1503 - Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   
      
   1891 - Claudius W. Sears, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies   
   at 74   
      
   1994 - Maria Britneva, Russian actress (A Room with a View, Maurice), dies of   
   heart failure 72   
      
   2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)   
      
   2010 - Art Van Damme, American jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz), dies at 89   
      
   2022 - P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist and satirist (Parliament of Whores;   
   National Lampoon), dies of lung cancer at 74   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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