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Historical Events

1349 - By this date at least 200 people a day were being buried in London as a result of the Black Death

1802 - 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)

1829 - Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral on fire, does £60,000 damage

1927 - Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita" premieres in NYC

1952 - Hubert de Givenchy presents his first collection in Paris with Bettina Graziani opening the show

1955 - 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC

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Famous Birthdays

1925 - Michel Philippot, French composer and musicologist, born in Verzy, France (d. 1996)

1929 - Reiner Bredemeyer, composer

1932 - Robert Mandan, American actor best known for his role as Chester Tate in
US sitcom "Soap", born in Clever, Missouri (d. 2018)

1942 - Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV)

1954 - Ina Garten, American author and TV cooking show host (Barefoot Contessa,
Food Network), born in Brooklyn, New York

1966 - Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis star

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Famous Deaths

1512 - Hatüey, Taíno chief known as Cuba's First National Hero, is burned alive by Spanish colonialists

1660 - Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII, dies at 51

1867 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (The Old Sergeant), dies at 29

1941 - Johannes Schlaf, German writer and translator, dies at 78

1952 - Johann Babtist Thaller, German composer, dies at 79

1969 - Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83

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