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   Historical Events   
      
   1795 - Freedom of worship established in France under constitution   
      
   1902 - Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, performs his 1st brain   
   operation   
      
   1909 - John Galsworthy's "Strife" premieres in London   
      
   1965 - Civil rights activist and Muslim minister Malcolm X is shot dead by   
   Nation of Islam followers at Audubon Ballroom in New York City   
      
   1969 - 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazakhstan (explodes)   
      
   2017 - Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia   
   killing the five people on board   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1909 - Hans Erni, Swiss painter and sculptor, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d.   
   2015)   
      
   1917 - Tadd Dameron, American jazz pianist, composer ("If You Could See Me   
   Now"; "Lady Bird"), arranger (Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie,   
   Billy Eckstine) and band leader, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1965)   
      
   1940 - Peter McEnery, English actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners), born in   
   Walsall, England   
      
   1955 - Kelsey Grammer, American actor, comedian, director and activist   
   ("Frasier Crane" in Cheers and Fraiser), born in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands   
      
   1966 - Bronwen Booth, English actress (Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil),   
   born in London, England   
      
   1978 - Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani American comedian, actor and writer (The Big   
   Sick, Silicon Valley), born in Karachi, Pakistan   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1513 - Julius II, Italian Pope (1503-13) and patron of Michelangelo, Bramante   
   and Raphael, dies at 69   
      
   1918 - Neltje Blanchan, American nature writer, dies at 52   
      
   1919 - Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), murdered at 46   
      
   1996 - Morton Gould, American pianist, conductor, and theatrical, screen, and   
   concert composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1956 - Stringmusic), dies at 82   
      
   2012 - Eiko Ishioka, Japanese Costume designer, dies from pancreatic cancer at   
   74   
      
   2016 - Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer, dies at 88   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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