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Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – 109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.[5]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
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