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Events (400 years ago today): 1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.[7]
Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician[55]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tony Gonzalez, American football player[56]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
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