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Today's Birthdays:
- John Brown (1800-1859), American abolitionist
- Howard Carter (1874-1939), English Egyptologist
- Sophie Scholl (1921-1943), heroine of "White Rose" resistance movement in Nazi Germany
- Mona Van Duyn (1921-2004), American poet
- Albert Finney (b. 1936), English actor
- Glenda Jackson (b. 1936), English actress and politician
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Historical Events On This Day:
- Europe Day, celebrating French politician Robert Schuman's proposal in 1950 to create an organized, cooperative Europe, the beginnings of the E.U.
- Victory Day, celebrating end of the Great Patriotic War in Russia and former Soviet Union states
- Lincoln Cathedral in England is consecrated, 1092
- Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux in Provence to see the view, 1336
- Thomas Blood, Irish-born colonel, attempts to steal Crown Jewels from Tower of London, 1671
- Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole, 1926
- Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco, 1949
- Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president, 1994
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