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Anniversaries [embed into YOUR website!]
Events (350 years ago today): 1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensures the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.[8]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (died 1977)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (died 2013)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Earl Boykins, American basketball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Martin ?ech, Czech ice hockey player (died 2007)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (born 1887)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (born 1920)
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