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Historical Events

1958 - 8th NBA All-Star Game, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 130-118; MVP: Bob Pettit, Milwaukee Hawks, C

1967 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming

1969 - 22nd NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: Western Division ties Eastern Division, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Detroit, LW

1982 - "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 36 performances

1986 - 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38°F (3°C), Indiana

1987 - B.B. King is inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"

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Famous Birthdays

1735 - Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer

1751 - Josephus Andreas Fodor, Dutch Classical era violinist and composer, born
in Venlo, Netherlands (d. 1828)

1855 - John M Browning, American weapons manufacturer

1911 - Stanley William Reed, cineaste

1980 - Aubrie Rippner, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18), born in Los Angeles, California

1981 - Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa)

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Famous Deaths

1793 - Louis XVI, French King (1774-93), beheaded during the French Revolution at 38

1891 - Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), dies at 48

1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and medical researcher (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1906), dies at 81

1965 - Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68

1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)

1997 - Michael Duane, British progressive educationalist and author, dies at 81

More Famous Deaths ¯

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