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   Historical Events   
      
   1932 - Japanese forces attack Shanghai.   
      
   1943 - Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals   
      
   1951 - "La Vie Commence Demain" the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial   
   insemination, opens in London   
      
   1979 - Pope John Paul II addresses the Third General Conference of Latin   
   American Episcopate in Puebla, Mexico   
      
   2006 - Australian Open Women's Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her   
   first Grand Slam title; beats Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0; Henin retires from   
   stomach cramps   
      
   2017 - US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a   
   contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1600 - Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Italian Pope (238th: 1667-69), born in   
   Pistoia, Italy (d. 1669)   
      
   1825 - George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1875)   
      
   1884 - Lucien d'Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere),   
   born in Paris, France (d. 1970)   
      
   1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)   
      
   1905 - Luther Simjian, Armenian-American Inventor (teleprompter and first   
   self-posing portrait camera), born in Aintab, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)   
      
   1951 - William "Billy Bass" Nelson Jr, American funk-rock-soul bassist   
   (Funkadelic), born in Plainfield, New Jersey   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1895 - François Certain Canrobert, French marshal and parliament member, dies   
   at 85   
      
   1898 - Alexandru Flechtenmacher, Romanian composer, violinist and teacher,   
   dies at 74   
      
   1965 - Tich Freeman, English cricket leg-spin bowler (12 Tests, 66 wickets;   
   Kent CCC), dies at 76   
      
   1986 - Ellison Onizuka, American Air Force Major and astronaut (STS 51C, 51L),   
   dies in the Challenger space shuttle disaster at 39   
      
   2004 - Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, American NFL halfback and end (LA Rams), dies   
   at 80   
      
   2021 - Cicely Tyson, American stage and screen actress (Roots; The   
   Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman), dies at 96   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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