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 Events (150 years ago today): 1875Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (died 2024)[27][28]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (died 2022)[29][30]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer[37]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (born 1885)

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