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Born today:

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 1340 Robert Dudley earl of Leicester 1532 Saint John of the Cross 1542 Duke of Marlborough 1650 Henry Ward Beecher 1813 Ambrose Bierce 1842 Lord Kitchener 1850 Jack Dempsey 1895 Chief Dan George 1899 Sir Fred Hoyle 1915 Norman Cousins 1915 Claude Chabrol 1930 Michele Lee 1942 Jeff Beck 1944 Mick Fleetwood 1948

Died today:

King Ferdinand I Castile & Leon 1065 Lucrezia Borgia 1519 Mary Tudor 1533 Grover Cleveland 1908 Jackie Gleason 1987

Historical events:

1314-Battle of Bannockburn fought between Scots and ...

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