1962 - "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
1973 - Carl XVI Gustaf ascends the throne, becoming King of Sweden (1973-present)
1975 - 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough
1996 - Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
2013 - 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan

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1685 - Gottfried Kirchhoff, German organist and composer, chiefly of sacred music, born in Mühlbeck, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1746)
1816 - Edward Wolff, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1880)
1889 - Robert Benchley, American humorist (My 10 Years in a Quandary), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1945)
1907 - Jack Bailey, American TV host (Queen for a Day), born in Hampton, Iowa (d. 1980)
1914 - Creighton Abrams, American general (commander of American forces in the Vietnam War, 1968-72), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1974)

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