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Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (died 1983)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (died 2014)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (died 2003)[83]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Dan Campbell, American football player and coach[84]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Glenn Howerton, American actor[85]
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 - Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1763)[114]
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