1477 - Duchess Maria of Burgundy ends the 'Great Privilege' in states of The Netherlands
1948 - WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 - Libya adopts constitution
1993 - 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
2000 - 66th Heisman Trophy Award: Chris Weinke, Florida State (QB)

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1966 - Terry Sharpe, Irish rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer, born in Chișinău, Moldova
1988 - Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer, born in Whangarei, New Zealand

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