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Born today:

William Congreve 1670 Frederick II (the Great) 1712 Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais 1732 King Gustav III Sweden 1746 Edith Wharton 1862 Estelle Winwood 1883 Robert Motherwell 1915 Mark Goodson 1915 Ernest Borgnine 1918 Oral Roberts 1918 Maria Tallchief 1925 Desmond Morris 1928 Neil Diamond 1944 Warren Zevon 1947 John Belushi 1949 Yakov Smirnoff 1951 Nastassja Kinski 1960 Mary Lou Retton 1968

Died today:

Emperor Caligula assassinated A.D. 41 Pope Stephen III A.D. 772 Pope Stephen IV A.D. 817 Lord Randolph Churchill 1895 Winston Churchill 1965 George ...

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