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 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)[28]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer (d. 2022)[29]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1874Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)

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