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   Historical Events   
      
   1869 - Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres   
      
   1918 - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604   
      
   1923 - Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts)   
      
   1933 - Golden Gate Bridge groundbreaking ceremony held at Crissy Field   
      
   1940 - US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY   
      
   1991 - NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1837 - Charles Woeste, Belgian count, Minister of Justice, born in Brussels,   
   Belgium (d. 1922)   
      
   1880 - Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI   
   (The Kings Speech), born in Adelaide (d. 1953)   
      
   1917 - Robert Taft Jr, American politician (Sen-R-Ohio), born in Cincinnati,   
   Ohio (d. 1993)   
      
   1946 - Bobby "Bingo" Smith, American NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in   
   Memphis, Tennessee   
      
   1970 - Meeno Peluce, Dutch actor (Bad News Bears), born in Amsterdam,   
   Netherlands   
      
   1981 - Kertus Davis, American auto racer (competition director NASCAR team JD   
   Motorsports), born in Gaffney, South Carolina   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1650 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, dies   
   at 65   
      
   1883 - Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece   
   (b. 1817)   
      
   1933 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)   
      
   1990 - Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association),   
   dies   
      
   2016 - Andy Bathgate, professional ice hockey player (New York Rangers, 1958   
   NHL MVP), dies at 83   
      
   2017 - Robert Allworth, Australian composer (A Different Time, A Different   
   Place), dies at 74   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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