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Five random people born on this day...

  • Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, Cortes (1808)
  • John Stockwell, Galveston, Texas, actor, Born to Ride, City Limits (1961)
  • David Russell Burge, composer (1930)
  • Lee Hale, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, The Entertainers (1923)
  • Peter Blackburn, born in Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics (1968)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • Kalman Mikszath, Hungarian author (Szent Peter Esernyoje), dies at 63 (1910)
  • Gertrud Baumer, writer, dies (1954)
  • Johan Willem, duke of Julich/Cleef/Mark/Mountain/Ravensberg, dies (1609)
  • Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73 (1852)
  • Constantin Reindl, composer, dies at 60 (1799)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago (1989)
  • Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated (1941)
  • British Parliament abolishes slave trade (1807)
  • 1st railway passenger service began in England (1807)
  • Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 (1990)

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