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Events (150 years ago today): 1876 - The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.[25]
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)[81]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (died 2002)[109]
Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (born 1670)[190]
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