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   Historical Events   
      
   1861 - Augusta Arsenal seized by the Confederacy in Georgia (US Civil War)   
      
   1890 - National Afro-American League founded in Chicago by Timothy Thomas   
   Fortune, one of earliest civil rights organizations in America   
      
   1919 - The Hotel Pennsylvania, at the time the world's largest, opens in   
   Manhattan   
      
   1955 - Russia ends state of war with Germany   
      
   1987 - 3rd Sundance Film Festival: "Waiting for the Moon" and "The Trouble   
   with Dick" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic   
      
   1994 - Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1509 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1580)   
      
   1866 - Emile Vandervelde, President (1900-1918) of the International Socialist   
   Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments (d. 1938)   
      
   1957 - Andrew P. Harris, American politician and physician, born in New York   
   City   
      
   1961 - Michele Tobin, American actress (Fitzpatricks), born in Chicago,   
   Illinois   
      
   1966 - Paul Ranheim, American NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers), born in St.   
   Louis, Missouri   
      
   1976 - Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1627 - Louis Hébert, French apothecary, kings attorney and colonist of New   
   France, dies at 51 or 52   
      
   1907 - René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), dies of   
   suicide at 27   
      
   1963 - Wilson Kettle, of Newfoundland, dies at 102, leaving 582 living   
   descendants   
      
   1975 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa (1951-56), dies   
   at 78   
      
   1995 - Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62   
      
   1998 - Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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