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   Historical Events   
      
   1870 - US Congress authorises Virginia to rejoin the union   
      
   1918 - US Food Administrator Herbert Hoover calls for "wheatless" and   
   "meatless" days to help war effort   
      
   1939 - Filming begins on film adaptation of "Gone With The Wind"   
      
   1951 - Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame   
      
   1969 - 1st Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins inaugural Open   
   event; beats American Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-1   
      
   2013 - The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in   
   response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1786 - Benjamin Haydon, British painter (Waiting for The Times), born in   
   Plymouth, England (d. 1846)   
      
   1913 - William Prince, American actor (Spies Like Us, The Stepford Wives, City   
   in Fear), born in Nichols, New York, (d. 1996)   
      
   1932 - George H Clements, first Roman Catholic Priest to adopt a child.   
      
   1943 - Thom Bell, American session musician, arranger and Grammy Award-winning   
   "Philadelphia soul" producer (Delfonics; Stylistics; The Spinners), born in   
   Kingston, Jamaican (d. 2022)   
      
   1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball forward (8 x NBA All Star; NBA Rookie   
   of the Year 1999, Toronto Raptors; Olympic gold 2000), born in Daytona Beach,   
   Florida   
      
   1981 - Reminisce [Remilekun Khalid Safaru], Nigerian singer-songwriter and   
   rapper (Vibes and Insha Allah), born in Kaduna, Nigeria   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1895 - Arthur Cayley, British mathematician (Cayley-Hamilton theorem), dies at   
   73   
      
   1974 - Siegfried von Vegesack, German writer, dies at 85   
      
   2006 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)   
      
   2012 - Dimitra Arliss [Arlys], American actress (Rich Man Poor Man II, The   
   Sting), dies at 79   
      
   2013 - Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber   
   Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical   
   Episodes), dies at 83   
      
   2022 - Janet Mead, Australian Catholic nun and pop-rock singer (The Lord's   
   Prayer), dies of cancer at 84   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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