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Events (150 years ago today): 1876 - The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (died 1920)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (died 2018)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (died 1992)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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