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Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.[14]
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Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Doris Belack, American actress (died 2011)[44]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (died 2015)[45]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Henry Molaison, American medical patient (died 2008)[46]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Nalini Anantharaman, French mathematician
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (born 1662)
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