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   Historical Events   
      
   1953 - August A. Busch buys St. Louis Cardinals MLB club from Fred Saigh for   
   $3.75 million; pledges not to move the team from St. Louis, Missouri   
      
   1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   1980 - Soviet cross-country skier Nikolay Zimyatov wins his 2nd gold medal of   
   the Lake Placid Winter Olympics as part of the 4 x 10k relay; also wins 30k   
   and 50k gold   
      
   1981 - James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)   
      
   2010 - On the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira heavy rain causes floods   
   and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history   
   of the archipelago.   
      
   2013 - Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of   
   fast chargers for electric cars   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), born   
   in London (d. 1813)   
      
   1896 - Henri de Lubac, French Jesuit cardinal and theologist ("new theology"   
   movement that influenced Second Vatican Council), born in Cambrai, France (d.   
   1991)   
      
   1926 - Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral   
      
   1927 - Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar   
   for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963; To Sir With Love"; "Guess Who's   
   Coming to Dinner"), director (Stir Crazy), civil rights advocate, and   
   diplomat, born in Miami,    
   Florida (d. 2022)   
      
   1928 - Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon   
      
   1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1810 - Johann Friedrich Kranz, German composer, dies at 57   
      
   1937 - Barlow Carkeek, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests, 6   
   dismissals; Victoria), dies when struck by a car at 58   
      
   1980 - Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory   
   Perception), dies at 84   
      
   2002 - Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing), dies at 94   
      
   2007 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist, dies at 76   
      
   2013 - Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, dies at 80   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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