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Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The Apple I is created.[19]
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Paul Henry, Irish painter (died 1958)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (died 1940)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (died 2014)[40]
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2011)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2007)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader[55]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler[56]
Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (born 1568)
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (born 1849)
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