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Five random people born on this day...

  • Elaine Malbin, opera singer (1932)
  • Coleman A Young, civil rights leader, Mayor-D-Detroit (1918)
  • Timothy Beven, CEO, Barclays Bank (1927)
  • Richard Ottaway, MP (1945)
  • Martin Mogg, governor, British Durham Prison (1941)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 (1879)
  • Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 (1997)
  • Jacob R Druckman, composer, dies at 67 (1996)
  • Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 (1895)
  • William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 (1894)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 (1986)
  • Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain (1981)
  • Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname (1916)
  • Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight (1895)
  • Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 (1980)

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