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Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (died 2013)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish soldier, footballer and manager (died 1993)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lance Berkman, American baseball player and coach
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Keeley Hawes, English actress
Deaths (500 years ago today): 1526 – John V, Count of Oldenburg, German noble (born 1460)
Deaths (450 years ago today): 1576 – Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar, translator, and academic (born 1532)
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