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Births (1800 years ago today): 225 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244)[20]
Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – David Eckstein, American baseball player[60]
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician[61]
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ira Newble, American basketball player[62]
Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
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