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Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.[7]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (died 2016)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (died 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (died 2014)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Sally Hawkins, English actress[15]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
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