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   Historical Events   
      
   1811 - Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast   
      
   1877 - Crazy Horse and his Sioux warriors fight their last battle with the   
   United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).   
      
   1947 - General George Marshall becomes US Secretary of State   
      
   1949 - "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances   
      
   1982 - Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville, Tennessee   
      
   1995 - Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star third baseman Mike Schmidt is   
   elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1814 - Johannes Kneppelhout, Dutch writer, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d.   
   1885)   
      
   1917 - Peter Taylor, American novelist, born in Trenton, Tennessee (d. 1994)   
      
   1936 - Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist,   
   born in Sydney, Australia   
      
   1937 - Robert Moran, American composer (Trinity Requiem), born in Denver,   
   Colorado   
      
   1964 - Marc Quinn, English artist (Alison Lapper Pregnant), born in London,   
   England   
      
   1985 - Sam Levison, American actor and filmmaker (created TV show Euphoria)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1934 - Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies   
      
   1944 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   
      
   1972 - Kenneth Patchen, American writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60   
      
   1986 - Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84   
      
   2010 - Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (b. 1963)   
      
   2014 - Ben Garrido Blaz, American politician (Rep-R-Guam, 1985-93), dies at 85   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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