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Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist
Deaths (750 years ago today): 1274 – Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)[57]
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