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Five random people born on this day...

  • Isaac Elsevier, book publisher (1596)
  • Marta Lovera Parquet, Miss Universe-Paraguay, 1996 (1971)
  • Morschi Mirando, [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy artist (1923)
  • Valerie French, born in London, England, actress, Jubal (1932)
  • Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer (1879)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70 (1996)
  • John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 (1969)
  • Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered (1907)
  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 (1947)
  • Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 (1970)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp (1942)
  • 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes (1702)
  • Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records (1991)
  • Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain (1963)
  • Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington D.C. (1789)

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