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Births (700 years ago today): 1326 – Louis I of Hungary (died 1382)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947)
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (died 1959)
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – ?ar?nas Jasikevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1655)
Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (born 1805)[79]
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1889)
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