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Born on this day

• 1914Maria Keil was born
• 1916Peter Wright was born
• 1938Rod Laver was born
• 1946Issa Hayatou was born
• 1962Florian Gothe was born
• 1963Whitney Houston was born
• 1968Eric Bana was born
• 1972Juanes was born
• 1983Shyra Ely was born
• 1985Anna Kendrick was born
• 1985Cléo was born
• 1990Adelaide Kane was born
• 1993Rydel Funk (Lynch) was born

Died on this day

• 1980Jacqueline Cochran died
• 1996May Ayim died
• 1999Georg Marischka died
• 2015John Henry Holland died
• 2020Fips Asmussen died
• 2024Raymond-Émile Waydelich died

Also on this day

• 2012Katie Taylor won Olympic gold in boxing