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Birthdays

1804 - Louis Maigret (French Catholic prelate)

1926 - Michel Butor (French novelist)

1929 - Ferdinand-Léopold Oyono (Cameroonian writer and politician)

1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan runner)

Deaths

1743 - Nicolas Lancret (French painter)

1759 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (French military commander)

1982 - Bachir Gemayel (President-elect of Lebanon)

1982 - Christian Ferras (French violinist)

Milestones/Events

1910 - Huo Yuanjia defeated challengers from France, Britain, Japan, and Russia

Errors and Omissions

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