Historical Events
1358 - Dalmatie flees Venice
1911 - Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" premieres at Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1924 - Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
1986 - Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1998 - Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich
2018 - Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen wins gold in women's 30k at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; brings her total Games medal haul to 15, most won by any athlete in Winter Games history
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Famous Birthdays
1890 - Myra Hess, concert pianist, born in London, England
1901 - Federico Ghisi, composer
1907 - Mary Coyle Chase, playwright (Harvey-Pulitzer Prize)
1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
1944 - Karen Grassle, American actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairie), born in Berkeley, California
1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
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Famous Deaths
1719 - Giovanni Maria Casini, Italian composer, dies at 66
1919 - Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
1992 - John E Allen Jr, actor (1 2 3), dies
1993 - Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
2013 - C Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon, health administrator and 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96
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