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   Historical Events   
      
   1493 - Christopher Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids, describing them as   
   "not half as beautiful as they are painted"   
      
   1957 - Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"   
      
   1967 - "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released   
      
   1995 - Ecuador and Peru involved in boundary fight   
      
   2010 - Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: María José Martínez Sánchez and Tommy   
   Robredo of Spain beat British pair Laura Robson and Andy Murray 7-6, 7-5 to   
   clinch a 2-1 win; Spain's 3rd title   
      
   2012 - "Time is Love" single released by Josh Turner (Billboard Song of the   
   Year 2012)   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1620 - Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music   
   composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), born in Wolgast, Pomerania (d. 1652)   
      
   1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (Caste), born in   
   Newark-on-Trent, England (d. 1871)   
      
   1910 - Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing music bandleader, born in Sacramento,   
   California (d. 1995)   
      
   1914 - Derek Allhusen, English equestrian rider (Olympic gold team, silver   
   Individual eventing 1968), born in London, England (d. 2000)   
      
   1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress (Finding Your Feet, Maleficent), born   
   in Archway, London   
      
   1967 - Dave Mcllwain, Canadian NHL center (Pitts Penguins), born in Seaforth,   
   Canada   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, 'Father of American watchmaking', American watch   
   manufacturer and businessman (Tremont Watch Company), dies at 82   
      
   1964 - Frank "Big Boy" Goudie, American jazz tenor saxophonist and   
   clarinetist, and upholsterer, dies of cancer at 64   
      
   1975 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (group theory), dies   
   at 73   
      
   1979 - Avery Claflin, American banker and composer ("Lament for April 15" -   
   income tax form instructions set to music), dies at 80   
      
   2008 - William Quinn, Irish Republican Army soldier (b. 1950)   
      
   2018 - Karin von Aroldingen, German ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), dies at 76   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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