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Events (150 years ago today): 1875 – Brigham 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): 1925 – Daniel 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): 1975 – Ernesto 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): 1975 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (born 1885)
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