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Major historical anniversaries and events for this day in history and this week for 2026.
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Historical Anniversaries this Week
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Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (died 2019)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (died 2020)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ercüment Olgundeniz, Turkish discus thrower and shot putter
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – Jeremiah Markland, English scholar and academic (born 1693)
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