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1939
Neil Sedaka, Popular singer/songwriter
1855
Percival Lowell, American astronomer
1950
Joe Bugner, Former British heavy weight boxing champion
1884
Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist
1960
Adam Clayton, Of the Pop group 'U2'
1860
Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer
1939
Terence Brady, Playwright and novelist
1992
At least a thousand people were killed in eastern Turkey by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale
1967
Former West Indian cricketer Sir Frank Worrell died
1961
Black and white Bank of England five pound notes ceased to be legal tender
1938
Nazi Germany invaded Austria, making it a German Reich province
1930
Clyde Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto
1927
The British army ceased using the lance as an official weapon
1901
American President Benjamin Harrison died
1873
The Scottish Football Association was formed
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