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Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.[31]
Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.[32]
Births (200 years ago today): 1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)[60]
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Lou Henry Hoover, American philanthropist and geologist, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)[71]
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Alex Cuba, Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter[209]
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824 – Hans Nielsen Hauge, Norwegian lay minister, social reformer and author (b. 1771)[251]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)[266]
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