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Five random people born on this day...

  • Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3 backup (1953)
  • Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts (1910)
  • Dave Eichelberger, Waco, Texas, PGA golfer, 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open (1943)
  • Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian (1903)
  • Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 (1964)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76 (1987)
  • Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 (1984)
  • Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87 (1995)
  • After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia (2004)
  • Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies (1205)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms (1921)
  • French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy (1953)
  • Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf (1967)
  • Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff (1978)
  • Oliver S Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open (1890)

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