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Anniversaries [embed into YOUR website!]
Events (200 years ago today): 1826 – Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
Births (800 years ago today): 1226 – Boles?aw V the Chaste of Poland (died 1279)
Births (350 years ago today): 1676 – (O.S.) Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (died 1729)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic (died 1956)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Fred Cone, American football player (died 2021)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (died 2003)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Shelley Craft, Australian television host
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mike Einziger, American guitarist and songwriter
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer and coach
Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (born 1794)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Margaret Herrick, American librarian (born 1902)
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