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Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.[21]
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)[105]
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor[246]
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player[247]
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)[338]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)[359]
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)[394]
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