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Weddings. 653 St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 656 Ali ibn Abu Talib elected the 4th Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. 676 Pope Adeodatus II's (Deusdetit II) reign ends with his death. 1091 Floris II de Vette becomes Count of Holland. 1119...
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Events in Film & TV. 1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released; 1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC; 1939 Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures'...
1967 "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5; 1970 British rock band Led Zeppelin begin their last European tour; 1971 Carole King's album "Tapestry" goes to #1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks; 1972 "Long Haired Lover From...
1716 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory; 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"...
1895 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor retains title; beats Sandy Herd of Scotland by 4 shots; 1895 Emile Levassor wins the first automobile race in history the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, taking 48 hours and 48 minutes (1,178 km);...
Famous Deaths. 1930 Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896); 1956 Reginald Goss-Custard, British organist, arranger and composer (Chelsea Fayre), dies at 79; 1962 Eugene Goossens, British...
Weddings. 653 St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 656 Ali ibn Abu Talib elected the 4th Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. 676 Pope Adeodatus II's (Deusdetit II) reign ends with his death. 1091 Floris II de Vette becomes Count of Holland....
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