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   Historical Events   
      
   1939 - The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a 14 month long bombing campaign   
   in England   
      
   1949 - KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast   
      
   1970 - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause   
      
   1972 - Super Bowl VI, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA: Dallas Cowboys beat   
   Miami Dolphins, 24-3; MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB   
      
   1985 - "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds   
      
   2016 - First ever flower grown in space - a zinnia aboard the International   
   Space Station using NASA Veggie system   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1672 - Francesco Mancini, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of   
   Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1737)   
      
   1928 - Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, born in El   
   Gancho, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1996)   
      
   1938 - Michael Pataki, American actor (Get Christie Love), born in Youngstown,   
   Ohio   
      
   1950 - (Kemji) "Damo" Suzuki, Japanese rock singer (Can; Damo Suzuki's   
   Network), born in Japan   
      
   1950 - Jesse Dizon, American actor, born in Oceanside, California   
      
   1996 - Jennie Kim, South Korean singer and actress (Blackpink), born in Seoul,   
   South Korea   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1917 - George Dewey, U.S. Admiral of the Navy, won Battle of Manila Bay, dies   
   at 79   
      
   1919 - Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 19   
      
   1924 - Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental), dies at 59   
      
   1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of   
   Canada (1911-16), dies at 91   
      
   1979 - Peter Butterworth, British actor and comedian (Carry On), dies of a   
   heart attack at 63   
      
   1998 - Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (A Girl in Black), dies of cancer at 66   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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