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Born today:
George IV 1762 Diamond Jim Brady 1856 Mary Roberts Rinehart 1876 Christy Mathewson 1880 Cecil B. DeMille 1881 Cantinflas (Mario Moreno Reyes) 1911 Michael Kidd 1919 Ross and Norris McWhirter 1925 John Derek 1926 Mstislav Rostropovich Buck Owens 1929 William Goldman 1931 John Poindexter 1936 George Hamilton 1939 Mark Knopfler 1949 Pete Sampras 1971
Died today:
King Philip VI France 1350 Pope Sixtus IV 1484 King Philip of the Wampanoags 1676 Pope Innocent XI 1689 William Blake 1827 George Stevenson 1848 Thomas Mann 1855 Wilhelm Steinitz 1900 Rev. ...
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