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| - | *[[1862]] - Charles Dodgson (AKA [[Lewis Carroll]]) sends the handwritten manuscript of [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures Underground]] to 10-year-old [[Alice Liddell]]. | + | *[[1862]] - [[Lewis Carroll]] sends the handwritten manuscript of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures Underground]]'' to 10-year-old [[Alice Liddell]]. |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the tomb of [[Egypt]]ian King [[Tutankhamun]] in over 3000 years. | + | *[[1863]] - Charles Baudelaire publishes the first installment of his essay ''[[The Painter of Modern Life]]''. |
| - | * 1922 - ''[[Toll of the Sea]]'' debuts as the first general release [[film]] to use two-tone [[Technicolor]] (''[[The Gulf Between]]'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). | + | *[[1917]] - [[L'Esprit nouveau et les poètes]] conference by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Shelling of Mainila]]: The [[Soviet Army]] orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the [[Winter War]] with [[Finland]] four days later. | + | *[[1922]] - [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the tomb of Egyptian King [[Tutankhamun]] in over 3000 years. |
| - | *[[1941]] - US President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs a bill establishing the fourth [[Thursday]] in [[November]] as [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in the [[United States]]. | + | * [[1942 ]] - The film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' premieres at the Hollywood Theater in [[New York City]]. |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Holocaust]]: [[Shoah]]: 572 [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Jews]] were deported to [[Auschwitz]] on the cargo vessel Donau. This was the first step on the journey to the death camp [[Auschwitz]]. Altogether the total number of Jews deported from [[Norway]] was 767. 25 of the deported survived. | + | *[[1976]] - [[Anarchy in the U.K.]] first single by Sex Pistols released. |
| - | * 1942 - The film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' premieres at the Hollywood Theater in [[New York City]], as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II. | + | |
| - | * 1942 - World War II: [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|Yugoslav Partisans]] convene the first meeting of the [[AVNOJ|Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] at [[Bihać]] in northwestern [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - World War II: Germans begin [[V-1]] and [[V-2]] attacks on [[Antwerp, Belgium]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - The [[Constituent Assembly of India|Indian Constituent Assembly]] adopts [[India]]'s [[Constitution of India|constitution]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]]: Troops from the [[People's Republic of China]] move into [[North Korea]] and launch a massive counterattack against [[South Korea]]n and [[United States|American]] forces ([[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]]), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict. | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - In the [[Hammaguir]] launch facility in the [[Sahara Desert]], [[France]] launches a [[Diamant|Diamant-A]] rocket with its first [[satellite]], ''[[Asterix-1]]'' on board, becoming the third country to enter [[outer space|space]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Air Force]] helicopter pilot [[James P. Fleming]] rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by [[Viet Cong]] fire and is later awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - In [[Basse-Terre]], [[Guadeloupe]], 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of [[rain]] fall in a minute, the heaviest [[rainfall]] ever on record. | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - '[[Vrillon]]', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[Southern Television]] for five minutes at 5:12 PM. | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Brinks Mat robbery]]: In [[London]], 6,800 [[gold]] bars worth nearly £26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at [[Heathrow Airport]] | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Iran-Contra scandal]]: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the [[Tower Commission]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - The [[Delta II]] rocket makes its maiden flight. | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to address the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s parliament. | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Concorde]] makes its last ever flight over [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. | + | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| - | *[[1288]] - [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] of Japan (d. [[1339]]) | ||
| - | *[[1436]] - Princess [[Catherine of Portugal]], writer (d. [[1463]]) | ||
| - | *[[1607]] - [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]], English-born clergyman (d. [[1638]]) | ||
| - | *[[1609]] - [[Henry Dunster]], English president of Harvard College (d. [[1659]]) | ||
| - | *[[1657]] - [[William Derham]], English minister and writer (d. [[1735]]) | ||
| - | *[[1678]] - [[Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist (d. [[1771]]) | ||
| - | *[[1703]] - [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and writer (d. [[1758]]) | ||
| - | *[[1731]] - [[William Cowper]], English poet (d. [[1800]]) | ||
| - | *[[1792]] - [[Sarah Grimke]], American abolitionist and feminist (d. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | *[[1827]] - [[Ellen G. White]], American religious leader (d. [[1915]]) | ||
| - | *[[1828]] - [[René Goblet]], French politician (d. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | *[[1832]] - [[Mary Edwards Walker]], American feminist physician (d. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | *[[1832]] - [[Karl Rudolf König]], German physicist (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Maria Fyodorovna]], Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. [[1928]]) | ||
| *[[1857]] - [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]]) | *[[1857]] - [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | *[[1858]] - [[Katharine Drexel]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[Saint]] (d. [[1955]]) | + | *[[1909]] - [[Eugène Ionesco]], French playwright (d. [[1994]]) |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Edward Higgins]], 3rd General of [[The Salvation Army]] (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Maud, Queen of Norway]] (d. [[1938]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Willis Carrier]], American engineer and inventor (d. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Marshall Taylor]], American cyclist (d. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Heinrich Bruning|Heinrich Brüning]], German politician (d. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor and novelist (d. [[1976]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician (d. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | * 1894 - [[James Charles McGuigan]], Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Bill W.|Bill Wilson]], American co-founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laurete (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]], German kidnapper of [[Charles Augustus Lindbergh III]] (d. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Armand Frappier]], French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Bob Johnson (MLB outfielder)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Ruth Patrick]], American botanist | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Charles Forte]], Scottish hotelier | + | |
| - | * 1908 - [[Lefty Gomez]], American baseball player (d. [[1989]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Frances Dee]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1909 - [[Eugène Ionesco]], French playwright (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Cyril Cusack]], Irish actor (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Eric Sevareid]], American journalist (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Earl Wild]], American pianist | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Frederik Pohl]], American science fiction writer | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-born television and movie director (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| *[[1924]] - [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]]) | *[[1924]] - [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]]) | + | *[[1944]] - [[Karin Schubert]], German actress |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Ernie Coombs]], American children's entertainer (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]], Argentine activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] | + | |
| - | * 1931 - [[Adrianus Johannes Simonis]], Cardinal [[Archbishop of Utrecht]] | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Robert Goulet]], American singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Porter J. Goss]], American [[Central Intelligence Agency]] director | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Rodney Jory]], Australian physicist | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Rich Little]], Canadian comedian and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]], Malaysian politician | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Tina Turner]], American singer and actress | + | |
| - | * [[1941]] - [[Susanne Marsee]], American mezzo-soprano | + | |
| - | * [[1942]] - [[Michael Devlin]], American bass-baritone | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Bruce Paltrow]], American producer and director (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Marilynne Robinson]], American writer | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Jean Terrell]], American singer ([[The Supremes]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Daniel Davis]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[John McVie]], British musician ([[Fleetwood Mac]]) | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Björn von Sydow]], Swedish poltician | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Art Shell]], American football player and coach | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Susanne Zenor]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Roger Wehrli]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Shlomo Artzi]], Israeli singer | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Krešimir Ćosić]], Croatian basketball player (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Claes Elfsberg]], Swedish television presenter | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Vincent A. Mahler]], American educator | + | |
| *[[1951]] - [[Ilona Staller|Cicciolina]], Italian porno actress and politician | *[[1951]] - [[Ilona Staller|Cicciolina]], Italian porno actress and politician | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Harry Carson]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Roz Chast]], American cartoonist | ||
| - | * 1954 - [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], Sri Lankan militant leader | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Dale Jarrett]], American race car driver | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Chuck Eddy]], American music journalist | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Harold Reynolds]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Chuck Finley]], American baseball [[pitcher]] | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Vreni Schneider]], Swiss skier | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Ridley Jacobs]], West Indian cricketer | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Edna Campbell]], Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006 | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Shawn Kemp]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1969 - [[Kara Walker]], American artist | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Delilah Cotto]], Puerto Rican actress, dancer and model | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Dave Hughes]], Australian comedian | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Alex Taylor]], Latin porn star | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Ronald "Winky" Wright]], American boxer | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Arjun Rampal]], Indian actor | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Tammy Lynn Michaels]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Patrice Lauzon]], French Canadian figure skater | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Maven Huffman]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Brian Schneider]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Ivan Basso]], Italian bicyclist | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Forrest Griffin]], American MMA-fighter | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[John Parrish]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Matthew Taylor (bassist)|Matthew Taylor]], bassist for [[Motion City Soundtrack]] | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Satoshi Ohno]], Japanese singer and actor | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Stephan Andersen]], [[Danish national football team|Danish]] international footballer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Gina Kingsbury]], Canadian hockey player | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Aurora Snow]], American pornographic actress | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Lil' Fizz]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan (actor)|Trevor Morgan]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Konstadinos Filippidis]], Greek pole vaulter | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]] | + | *[[1911]] - [[Paul Lafargue]], French revolutionary and literary critic (''The Right to Be Lazy''). (b. [[1842]]) |
| - | *[[666]] - [[Yeon Gaesomun]] dictator of [[Goguryeo]] (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) | + | *[[1919]] - [[Octave Maus]], Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer. (b. [[1856]]) |
| - | *[[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[Louis VIII of France]] (b. [[1188]]) | + | *[[1966]] - [[Siegfried Kracauer]], German-American writer, journalist, sociologist (b. [[1899]]) |
| - | *[[1326]] - [[Hugh the younger Despenser]], English knight (b. [[1286]]) | + | *[[1979]] - [[Marcel L'Herbier]], French writer, producer and director (b. [[1888]] or [[1890]]) |
| - | *[[1504]] - Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. [[1451]]) | + | *[[2003]] - [[Stefan Wul]], French writer (''Fantastic Planet'') (b. [[1922]]) |
| - | *[[1621]] - [[Radulph Agas]], English surveyor | + | |
| - | *[[1639]] - [[John Spottiswoode]], Scottish historian (b. [[1565]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1651]] - [[Henry Ireton]], English Civil War general (b. [[1611]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1688]] - [[Philippe Quinault]], French writer (b. [[1635]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1689]] - [[Marquard Gude]], German archaeologist (b. [[1635]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1719]] - [[John Hudson (scholar)|John Hudson]], British classical scholar (b. [[1662]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1780]] - [[James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet]], British economist (b. [[1712]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1836]] - [[John MacAdam]], British road builder (b. [[1756]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1851]] - [[Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult]], French marshal (b. [[1769]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1855]] - [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet (b. [[1798]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1857]] - [[Joseph von Eichendorff]], German poet (b. [[1788]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German biologist (b. [[1792]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Sojourner Truth]], American abolitionist (b. [[1797]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish chemist (b.[[1813]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Charles Lavigerie]], French Catholic cardinal (b. [[1825]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Emil du Bois-Reymond]], German physician (b. [[1818]]) | + | |
| - | * 1896 - [[Coventry Patmore]], British poet (b. [[1823]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Mykhailo Hrushevsky]], Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.[[1866]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Niels Hansen Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. [[1861]]) | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Ernest Lapointe]], French-Canadian politician (b. [[1876]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Edward O'Hare]], American ace pilot (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer (b. [[1865]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Bill Doak]], American baseball player (b. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Tommy Dorsey]], American bandleader (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Albert Ketèlbey]], British composer (b. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Albert Sarraut]], French politician (b. [[1872]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian soprano (b. [[1882]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Edna Campbell]], Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006 | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess player (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Thomas G. Lanphier]], American aviator (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey)|Bob Johnson]], American hockey coach (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[David Bache]], British car designer (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | * 1994 - [[Joey Stefano]], American actor (b. [[1968]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Michael Bentine]], British comedian (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Jonathan Kwitny]], American reporter (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Nils-Aslak Valkeapää]], Finnish writer (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Polo Montañez]], Cuban singer and songwriter (b. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Verne Winchell]], American doughnut entrepreneur (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. [[1978]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Stefan Wul]], French writer (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Philippe de Broca]], French film director (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Stan Berenstain]], children's author (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos|Mário Cesariny]], Portuguese painter and writer (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Dave Cockrum]], American comic book artist (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Casey Coleman]], American television personality (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Isaac Gálvez]], Spanish procyclist (b. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Stephen Heywood]], American builder (b. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Raúl Velasco]], Mexican television host (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
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| - | ==Notes== | + | |
| - | # Siegfried Kracauer | + | |
| - | # Eugène Ionesco | + | |
| - | # Paul Lafargue | + | |
| - | # Karin Schubert | + | |
| - | # Marcel L'Herbier | + | |
| - | # Anarchy in the U.K. | + | |
| - | * Julius Eduard Hitzig | + | |
| - | * Octave Maus | + | |
| - | * Stefan Wul | + | |
| - | * Cicciolina | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1862 - Lewis Carroll sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
- 1863 - Charles Baudelaire publishes the first installment of his essay The Painter of Modern Life.
- 1917 - L'Esprit nouveau et les poètes conference by Guillaume Apollinaire
- 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Egyptian King Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1942 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
- 1976 - Anarchy in the U.K. first single by Sex Pistols released.
Births
- 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
- 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, French playwright (d. 1994)
- 1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1944 - Karin Schubert, German actress
- 1951 - Cicciolina, Italian porno actress and politician
Deaths
- 1911 - Paul Lafargue, French revolutionary and literary critic (The Right to Be Lazy). (b. 1842)
- 1919 - Octave Maus, Belgian art critic, writer, and lawyer. (b. 1856)
- 1966 - Siegfried Kracauer, German-American writer, journalist, sociologist (b. 1899)
- 1979 - Marcel L'Herbier, French writer, producer and director (b. 1888 or 1890)
- 2003 - Stefan Wul, French writer (Fantastic Planet) (b. 1922)
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