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1596 - Cornelis de Houtman's Dutch fleet reaches Bantam (Banten), Java
1981 - Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr is impeached and removed from office, several of his associates are executed and he goes into hiding
1984 - Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
1992 - Supreme Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights
2023 - US President Joe Biden meets with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House
1900 - Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1973)
1910 - Peter Pears, British operatic tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor/producer/director (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality (The Voice), born in Santa Monica, California
1994 - Marnus Labuschagne, Australian cricket batsman (HS 215; Queensland CA, Brisbane Heat, Glamorgan CCC), born in Klerksdorp, South Africa
1521 - Leonardo Loredan, Venetian nobleman, statesman and Doge of Venice (1501-21), dies at 84
1989 - Henri Sauguet [Poupard], French organist and composer (Symphonie Expiatoire), dies at 88
1996 - Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), dies at 74
2008 - Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Martha Shumway"; Max Duggan), dies at 93
2009 - Steve Race, British composer, jazz pianist and radio and television presenter (BBC's "My Music", 1967-94), dies at 88
Expert voices and fresh takes on our global past – and how it shapes our lives in the 21st century
Answers to intriguing questions on a wide range of historical topics – from why do we say 'Gordon Bennett' to why did Anne Boleyn have to die?
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