1365 - University of Vienna is founded
1877 - Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony, Southern Africa.
1966 - Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1969 - 120 cannabis joints found at George Harrison and Patti Harrison's home in Esher, England
1991 - 5th Soul Train Music Awards: Johnny Gill, Mariah Carey win

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1938 - Norman Hogg, British MP
1948 - James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Fire And Rain"; "You've Got A Friend"; "Shower The People"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1949 - David Mellor, British MP who resigned due to scandal, born in Wareham, England

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