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Births
1813
–
Richard Wagner
,
(pictured)
German composer (d.
1883
)
1859
– Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
, British physician and writer (d.
1930
)
1907
– Sir
Laurence Olivier
, English actor and director (d.
1989
)
1927
–
George Andrew Olah
, Hungarian-born chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
2017
)
1942
–
Ted Kaczynski
, American terrorist
1946
–
George Best
, Northern Irish footballer (d.
2005
)
1982
–
Apolo Anton Ohno
, American short track speed skater
Deaths
337
–
Constantine the Great
,
Roman Emperor
(b.
272
)
1457
–
Saint Rita of Cascia
, Italian saint (b.
1381
)
1667
–
Pope Alexander VII
(b.
1599
)
1760
–
Israel ben Eliezer
, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b.
1700
)
1885
–
Victor Hugo
, French author (b.
1802
)
1967
–
Langston Hughes
, American writer (b.
1902
)
1972
–
Cecil Day-Lewis
, Irish poet and writer (b.
1904
)
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