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Births (1950 years ago today): 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (died 138)[16]
Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
Deaths (650 years ago today): 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)
Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)
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