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   Historical Events   
      
   1807 - 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway,   
   Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England   
      
   1839 - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia   
      
   1893 - The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the   
   United States of America   
      
   1951 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button of USA   
      
   2010 - Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from   
   France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by   
   0.1% in the last quarter of 2009   
      
   2013 - Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano and opera director (La Traviata -   
   "Violetta"), born in Savona, Italy   
      
   1940 - Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70), born in   
   Louisville, Kentucky, (d. 2014)   
      
   1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist   
   (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), born in 1943, Bayamo, Cuba (d. 2022)   
      
   1953 - Derek St. Holmes, American musician rock guitarist and singer (Ted   
   Nugent band, 1975-78; 2011-14), born in Riverview, Michigan   
      
   1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)   
      
   1984 - Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1986 - Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician and "Father of Medicare", dies of   
   cancer at 81   
      
   2001 - Claude Shannon, American mathematician and information theorist (A   
   Mathematical Theory of Communication), dies at 84   
      
   2008 - Philip Bodner, American jazz clarinetist and studio musician (also   
   played flute, oboe, saxophone, piccolo, and English horn), dies at 90   
      
   2011 - Anant Pai, Indian educationalist and creator of comics (b. 1929)   
      
   2019 - Margaret Scott, South-African ballet dancer and founder (Australian   
   Ballet School), dies at 96   
      
   2022 - Jan Gomola, Polish soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at   
   80   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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