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   Historical Events   
      
   1749 - Verona Philharmonic Theatre destroyed by fire. Rebuilt 1754.   
      
   1900 - The second contingent of Canadian troops sails from Halifax to fight in   
   South Africa against the Boers   
      
   1948 - Three of the greats of cricket make their debut in a drawn 1st Test   
   match at Bridgetown, Barbados; Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes for   
   the West Indies, and Jim Laker for England   
      
   1972 - Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory   
      
   1978 - Bee Gees' album "Saturday Night Fever" goes #1 for 24 weeks   
      
   1990 - 41st NHL All-Star Game, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA: Wales beats   
   Campbell, 12-7; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C   
      
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   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1878 - Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist, actor and writer (Kleine   
   Portratgalerie, Der Partylowe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1938)   
      
   1888 - Herbie Collins, Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (19 Tests,   
   1,352	runs @ 45.06, 4 x 100s), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1959)   
      
   1937 - George Flynn, American pianist, composer (Trinity), and teacher   
   (Columbia; DePaul), born in Miles City, Montana   
      
   1971 - Tommy Puett, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10), born in   
   Gary, Indiana   
      
   1980 - Aubrie Rippner, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18), born in Los   
   Angeles, California   
      
   1988 - Felipe Neto, Brazilian vlogger (YouTube), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1118 - Pope Paschal II, born Raniero (1099-1118), dies   
      
   1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer executed on charges of   
   treason at about 42 [birthdate undocumented, born c. 1475; exact death date   
   uncertain, may have been as early as 15 January)   
      
   1815 - Matthias Claudius, German poet (Death and the Maiden), and journalist   
   (Der Wandsbecker Bote), dies at 74   
      
   1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)   
      
   1942 - Henryk OpieÅ„ski, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director,   
   composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), dies at 72   
      
   2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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