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Historical Events

1900 - Britain proclaims protectorate over Kingdom of Tonga
1918 - TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, kills 200
1974 - Novelty song "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1986 - David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1997 - "King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
2008 - NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1

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Famous Birthdays

1886 - Ole Windingstad, Norwegian composer (The Tide), born in Sandefjord, Norway (d. 1959)
1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law), born in Mogliano, Marche, Italy (d. 2003)
1919 - Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina considered the 1st lady of British Ballet (Giselle), born in Reigate, England (d. 1991)
1929 - John Nicolaas Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair, Transavia, Air Holland), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1958 - Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys), born in Rome, Georgia
1967 - Karl Dunbar, American NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals), born in Opelousas, Louisiana

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Famous Deaths

1918 - Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer, dies after being shot in a quarrel at 34
1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1907), dies at 76
1926 - Lucien Herr, French intellectual and librarian (École Normale Supérieure), dies at 62
1995 - Elisha Cook Jr, American actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI), dies at 91
2003 - Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader, dies at 42
2013 - Steve Forrest, American actor (SWAT), dies at 87

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Today's Featured Historical Event

Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history

Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the third-largest IPO ever in the United States, after those of Visa and General Motors. At the time it went public, ...
Cite: History.com, Wed, 29 Aug 2012
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