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Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Tony McCoy, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
Deaths (250 years ago today): 1774 – Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824 – Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1924 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
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