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Events (950 years ago today): 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14-20 February demanding that he abdicate,[2] Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.[3][4]
Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938)
Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (died 1988)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (born 1904)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Florence Ballard, American singer (born 1943)
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