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   Historical Events   
      
   1780 - Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only)   
      
   1886 - The Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore is founded by Bishop William   
   Oldham.   
      
   1953 - KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins   
      
   1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides   
      
   1980 - Commonwealth Trade Union Council established   
      
   1999 - Daryll Cullinan scores South African cricket record 275no in the drawn   
   1st Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; Gary Kirsten 128   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1924 - Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)   
      
   1933 - Joan Hackett, American stage and screen actress (Will Penny; Only When   
   I Laugh; Mourning Becomes Electra), born in East Harlem, NYC (d. 1983)   
      
   1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer   
      
   1966 - Paul Hollywood, English baker and TV judge (The Great British Bake   
   Off), born in Wallasey, England   
      
   1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)   
      
   1990 - Harry Eden, English actor, born in Old Harlow, Essex   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1244 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great, dies   
   trying to escape from the Tower of London (b. 1200)   
      
   1788 - Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 56   
      
   1859 - Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61   
      
   1928 - Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, dies at 77   
      
   1932 - Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist,   
   killed in a car accident at 25   
      
   2022 - Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter   
   (Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)); Talkin' to the Wall), dies at 86   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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