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Historical Events

1813 - Danzig surrenders to allied armies

1873 - American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures and money

1933 - Jack Badcock scores 274 v Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton

1944 - King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne, appointing Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens as Regent in 1945

2005 - Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin

2013 - NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Washington Redskins

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Famous Birthdays

39 - Titus, 10th Roman Emperor (79-81) and conqueror of Jerusalem, born in Rome
(d. 81)

1928 - Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)

1953 - Daniel T Barry, PhD/MD/astronaut (STS 72), born in Norwalk, Connecticut

1959 - Josée Verner, French Canadian politician

1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor

1987 - Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model

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Famous Deaths

1894 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76

1967 - Vincent Massey, Canadian diplomat, 1st Canadian-born Governor General of
Canada (1952-59), dies at 80

1992 - Caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies

1996 - Robert Grant Ferris, British politician, dies at 89

2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (Casablanca), dies at 91

2010 - Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (b. 1927)

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