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Born today:

Johannes Kepler 1571 Louis Pasteur 1822 Sydney Greenstreet 1879 Cyrus Eaton 1883 Marlene Dietrich 1901 Oscar Levant 1906 William Masters 1915 Moshe Arens 1925 Gerard Depardieu 1948

Died today:

Charles Lamb 1834 Charles Atlas 1922 Amy Vanderbilt 1974 Hoagy Carmichael 1981

Historical events:

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