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Events (600 years ago today): 1426 - Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava.[5]
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)[36]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Glen Michael, British television presenter and entertainer (died 2025)[41]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Mehmed VI, the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1861)
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