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Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
Births (450 years ago today): 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (died 1660)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (died 1950)[32]
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (died 1916)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (died 1948)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (died 1987)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)[40]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (born 1864)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890)[83]
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