Historical Events
1408 - Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.1590 - Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
1920 - Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1973 - Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1987 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
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Famous Birthdays
1687 - Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer1905 - Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1940 - Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
1957 - Art Monk, NFL wide receiver (Wash Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles)
1965 - Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
1978 - Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
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Famous Deaths
1594 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 821784 - Phillis Wheatley, American poet and first published African-American woman, dies in Boston at 31
1870 - Alexandre Dumas, French writer ('The Three Musketeers', 'The Count of Monte Cristo') dies at 68
1974 - Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
1993 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
2007 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
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