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   Historical Events   
      
   1896 - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs   
      
   1957 - Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan freedom fighter is executed by the British   
   colonial government.   
      
   1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers   
      
   1980 - East German cross country skier Barbara Petzold wins first of 2 gold   
   medals at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in women's 10k; also takes gold as   
   part of 4 x 5k relay team   
      
   1992 - American amateur astronomer Peter Collins discovers Nova Cygni 1992,   
   observed from Boulder, Colorado   
      
   2022 - Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway wins his 4th biathlon gold medal of the   
   Beijing Winter Olympics when he takes out the men's mass start   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1770 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, German composer, born in Elgersburg   
   (d. 1846)   
      
   1867 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German Romantic novelist whose novels sold 80   
   million copies (Warbride), born in Nebra (d. 1950)   
      
   1909 - Wallace Stegner, American novelist and critic (Pulitzer-1972 for Angle   
   of Repose), born in Lake Mills, Iowa (d. 1992)   
      
   1936 - Jozef VengloÅ¡, Slovak soccer manager (Australia, Czechoslovakia,   
   Malaysia, Fenerbahçe, Aston Villa, Celtic, Slovakia), born in Ružomberok,   
   Slovakia (d. 2021)   
      
   1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright, born in Warrington, United Kingdom   
      
   1967 - Colin Jackson, Welsh 100m hurdler (Olympic silver 1988), born in   
   Cardiff, Wales   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1546 - Martin Luther, German theologian and key figure in the Protestant   
   Reformation, dies at 62   
      
   1743 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)   
      
   1957 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan freedom fighter, dies by execution at 36   
      
   1963 - Monte Blue, American silent film actor (Apache), dies of a heart attack   
   at 73   
      
   1980 - Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller   
   Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies of lung cancer at 58   
      
   1996 - Jack Thieuloy, French writer, dies at 64   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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