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Historical Events

1874 - Rotterdam opens drinking water pipes

1921 - WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting

1955 - WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting

1961 - Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 12nd Symphony

1977 - Brazilian soccer great Pelé plays his final game for the New York Cosmos in an exhibition against Santos in front of 75,000 at Giants Stadium; 1,281 goals in 1,363 games

1991 - Soviet Union suspends petroleum product exports as its fuel shortages grow

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Famous Birthdays

1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)

1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems), born in NYC, New York

1944 - Barbara Parritt, US soul singer (Toys-Lover's Concerto)

1948 - Ellen McIlwaine, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel), born in Nashville, Tennessee

1953 - Greta Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner (1st female world marathon champion 1983), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2011)

1973 - Jana Henke, German swimmer

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Famous Deaths

976 - Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies

1943 - Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27

1945 - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73

1961 - Donald Cook, American actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60

1965 - Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71

1997 - Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36

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