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Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - A violent F5 tornado strikes around Brownwood, Texas, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least 1,000 yards (910 m) by the tornado and survived uninjured.[21][22]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (died 1997)[citation needed]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Michelle Feldman, American bowler[77]
Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 - Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (born 1697)
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (born 1874)
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