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 Births (550 years ago today): 1475Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, Italian poet and playwright (died 1525)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist (died 2007)[36]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (died 2002)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – András Bíró, Hungarian journalist and human rights activist (died 2024)[40]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Ronny Aukrust, Norwegian politician[50]

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