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Events (100 years ago today): 1925 - Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Torii Hunter, American baseball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - M.I.A., English rapper and producer[44]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 - Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Vaughn Bod?, American illustrator (born 1941)
Commemorations:
Nelson Mandela International Day
History Quote of the Day
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