1492 - Spain announces it will expel all Jews
1945 - Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed
1977 - Revival of musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" closes at Little Theatre, NYC after 92 performances
1997 - Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
2012 - Manchester City defeats Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in English Premier League history

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1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and naturalist (Ornithologie), born in Fontenay-le-Comte (d. 1806)
1909 - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-80), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1913 - Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of the Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), born in Malvern, England (d. 1996)
1936 - Bernie Clifton [Quinn], British comedian (Oswald the Ostrich), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England
1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey

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1848 - Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1942 - J. C. Arthur, American botanist (studied parasitic fungi rusts), dies at 92