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Historical Events
1715 - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
1890 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
1952 - French government of Pinay, resigns
1956 - "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
1990 - Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen
1997 - Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
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Famous Birthdays
1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer, born in Hamburg,
Germany (d. 1768)
1768 - John Crome (Old Crome), English landscape artist, born in Norwich, England (d. 1821)
1896 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, born in St Petersburg, Russia
1946 - Rick Nielsen, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick), born in Rockford, Illinois
1967 - Sean Foster, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
1969 - Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete, born in Loretteville, Quebec City
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Famous Deaths
1337 - Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54
1419 - Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies at 81
1788 - Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
1828 - Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US President Andrew Jackson, dies of heart failure
1939 - Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53
2006 - Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
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