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-== Art and culture == 
-== Births == 
-*[[1800]] - [[Louis Christophe François Hachette|Louis Hachette]], French publisher  
-*[[1813]] - [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher and avant la lettre existentialist 
-*[[1818]] - [[Karl Marx]], German activist 
-*[[1944]] - [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor of the nouvelle vague 
-*[[1949]] - [[David Toop]], English musician and author 
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-== Deaths == 
-*[[1821]] - [[Napoleon I of France]] dies in exile. 
-*[[1958]] - [[James Branch Cabell]], American writer of fantasy fiction and author of ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice'' 
-*[[1982]] - [[Cal Tjader]], American Latin jazz musician 
-*[[2004]] - [[Sir Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer and owner of [[Studio One]] 
-*[[2004]] - [[David Reimer]], sex change patient in a famous [[gender identity]] case 
-=Notes= 
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==Events== ==Events==
*[[1494]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the island of [[Jamaica]] and claims it for [[Spain]]. *[[1494]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the island of [[Jamaica]] and claims it for [[Spain]].
*[[1891]] – The [[Music Hall]] in [[New York City]] (now known as [[Carnegie Hall]]) has its grand opening and first public performance, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] as the guest conductor. *[[1891]] – The [[Music Hall]] in [[New York City]] (now known as [[Carnegie Hall]]) has its grand opening and first public performance, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] as the guest conductor.
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-*[[1904]] – [[Pitcher|Pitching]] against the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] at the [[Huntington Avenue Grounds]], [[Cy Young]] of the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] throws the first [[perfect game]] in the modern era of [[baseball]]. 
-*[[1916]] – [[United States Marine Corps|American marines]] invade the [[Dominican Republic]]. 
*[[1920]] – [[Nicola Sacco]] and [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]] arrested for alleged robbery and murder. *[[1920]] – [[Nicola Sacco]] and [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]] arrested for alleged robbery and murder.
*[[1921]] – Coco Chanel introduces [[Chanel No. 5]] *[[1921]] – Coco Chanel introduces [[Chanel No. 5]]
*[[1925]] – [[Scopes Trial]]: [[John T. Scopes]] served an arrest warrant for teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]]. *[[1925]] – [[Scopes Trial]]: [[John T. Scopes]] served an arrest warrant for teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]].
-*[[1925]] – The government of [[South Africa]] declares [[Afrikaans]] an official language 
-*[[1936]] – [[Italy|Italian]] troops occupy [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]. 
-*[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[government-in-exile]] formed in [[London]] 
*[[1941]] – [[Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]] returns to [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia; date since commemorated as [[Liberation Day]]. *[[1941]] – [[Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]] returns to [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia; date since commemorated as [[Liberation Day]].
-*[[1945]] – World War II: [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Denmark]] capitulate to [[Canada|Canadian]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] forces, releasing these countries from [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupation. 
-* 1945 – World War II: [[Prague uprising]] against German occupying forces in Czechoslovakia 
-* 1945 – World War II: US Army troops liberate the [[Mauthausen concentration camp]] in Austria 
-* 1945 – World War II: [[Karl Dönitz|Admiral Karl Dönitz]], President of Germany after [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler's]] death, orders all German [[U-boat]]s to cease offensive operations and return to their bases. 
-*[[1949]] – The [[Treaty of London]] establishes the [[Council of Europe]] in [[Strasbourg]] as the first [[Europe]]an institution working for [[European integration]]. In 1964 the [[Council of Europe]] designated May 5 as [[Europe Day]]; Europeans have celebrated the day since then to commemorate the founding. 
-*[[1950]] – [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] crowns hinself as King [[Rama IX of Thailand]]. 
-*[[1955]] – [[West Germany]] gains full [[sovereignty]]. 
-*[[1961]] – [[Project Mercury|The Mercury program]]: [[Mercury-Redstone 3]] – [[Alan Shepard]] becomes the first American to travel into [[outer space]], making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes. 
-*[[1964]] – The [[Council of Europe]] declares May 5 as [[Europe Day]] 
-*[[1980]] – [[Operation Nimrod]]: The British [[Special Air Service]] storm the [[Iran]]ian [[embassy]] in [[London]] after a six day siege. 
-* 1980 – [[Constantine Karamanlis]] wins election for the first time to the Presidency of [[Greece]]. 
-*[[1987]] – [[Iran-Contra affair]]: Start of [[Congress of the United States|Congressional]] televised hearings. 
-*[[1991]] – A [[1991 Washington, D.C. riot|riot]] breaks out in the [[Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C.|Mt. Pleasant]] section of [[Washington, D.C.]] after police shoot a [[Salvadoran]] man. 
-*[[1992]] – Ratification by Alabama brings into effect the [[Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|27th Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] 
-*[[1994]] – The signing of the [[Bishkek Protocol]] between [[Armenia]] and [[Azerbaijan]] effectively freezes the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]. 
-*[[2005]] – A [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|United Kingdom general election]] results in the re-election of [[Tony Blair|Tony Blair's]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for a third consecutive term. 
-*[[2006]] – The government of [[Sudan]] signs an accord with the [[Sudan Liberation Army]] (SLA). 
-*[[2007]] – [[Kenya Airways]] [[Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507|Flight KQ 507]] crashes in [[Cameroon]]. 
==Births== ==Births==
-*[[867]] – [[Emperor Uda|Uda]], [[Emperor of Japan]] (d. 931) 
-*[[1210]] – King [[Afonso III of Portugal]] (d. 1279) 
-*[[1479]] – [[Guru Amar Das]], third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) 
-*[[1546]] – [[Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter]], English politician (d. 1623) 
-*[[1747]] – [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1792) 
-*[[1764]] – [[Robert Craufurd]], British general (d. 1812) 
*[[1800]] – [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher (d. 1864) *[[1800]] – [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher (d. 1864)
*[[1813]] – [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher (d. 1855) *[[1813]] – [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
*[[1818]] – [[Karl Marx]], German political philosopher (d. 1883) *[[1818]] – [[Karl Marx]], German political philosopher (d. 1883)
-*[[1826]] – [[Eugénie de Montijo|Empress Eugenie]] of France, wife of [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]] (d. 1920) 
-*[[1830]] – [[John Batterson Stetson]], American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) 
-*[[1832]] – [[Hubert Howe Bancroft|H.H. Bancroft]], American historian and publisher (d. 1918) 
-*[[1833]] – [[Ferdinand von Richthofen]], German geographer (d. 1905) 
-*[[1834]] – [[Viktor Hartmann]], Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) 
*[[1846]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916) *[[1846]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916)
-*[[1864]] – [[Nellie Bly]], American journalist and writer (d. 1922) 
-*[[1866]] – [[Thomas B. Thrige]], Danish industrialist (d. 1938) 
-*[[1869]] – [[Hans Pfitzner]], Russian-born composer (d. 1949) 
-*[[1883]] – [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell|Archibald Wavell]], British general (d. 1950) 
-*[[1887]] – [[Geoffrey Fisher]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. 1972) 
-*[[1889]] – [[Herbie Taylor]], South African cricketer, [[Wisden]] COY 1925 (d. 1973) 
-*[[1890]] – [[Christopher Morley]], American writer (d. 1957) 
-*[[1899]] – [[Freeman Gosden]], American radio comedian (Amos-[[Amos 'n' Andy]]) (d. 1982) 
-*[[1901]] – [[Blind Willie McTell]], American singer (d. 1959) 
-*[[1903]] – [[James Beard]], American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985) 
-*[[1908]] – [[Kurt Böhme]], German bass (d. 1989) 
*[[1914]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (d. 1958) *[[1914]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (d. 1958)
-*[[1915]] – [[Alice Faye]], American actress (d. 1998)+*[[1935]] – [[Bernard Pivot]], French journalist and television host
-*[[1916]] – [[Zail Singh]], President of India (d. 1994)+
-*[[1919]] – [[Georgios Papadopoulos]], Greek dictator (d. 1999)+
-*[[1921]] – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1999)+
-*[[1923]] – [[Richard Wollheim]], British philosopher (d. 2003)+
-*[[1925]] – [[Leo Ryan]], United States Congressman (d. 1978)+
-*[[1927]] – [[Pat Carroll (actress)|Pat Carroll]], American actress+
-*[[1931]] – [[Greg (comics)|Greg]], Belgian comic-book writer ([[Achille Talon]]) (d. 1999)+
-*[[1934]] – [[Ace Cannon]], American saxophonist+
-*[[1935]] – [[Douglas Marland]], American television writer (d. 1993)+
-* 1935 – [[Bernard Pivot]], French journalist and television host+
-* 1935 – [[Robert Rehme]], American film producer+
*[[1936]] – [[Patrick Gowers]], British composer *[[1936]] – [[Patrick Gowers]], British composer
-*[[1937]] – [[Johnnie Taylor]], American singer (d. 2000)+*[[1942]] – [[Tammy Wynette]], American musician (d. 1998)
-*[[1937]] – [[Delia Derbyshire]], British Electronic Music composer (d. 2001)+*[[1944]] – [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor
-*[[1938]] – [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]], American actor+*[[1949]] - [[David Toop]], English musician and author
-*[[1939]] – [[Cesare Fiorio]], Italian sporting director of various [[Formula One]] teams+*[[1970]] – [[Naomi Klein]], Canadian author and activist
-*[[1940]] – [[Lance Henriksen]], American actor and painter+
-* 1940 – [[Michael Lindsay-Hogg]], American film director+
-*[[1941]] – [[Alexander Ragulin]], Russian hockey player (d. 2004)+
-*[[1942]] – [[Marc Alaimo]], American actor+
-* 1942 – [[Tammy Wynette]], American musician (d. 1998)+
-*[[1943]] – [[Michael Palin]], British writer, actor, and comedian+
-* 1943 – [[Raphael (singer)|Raphael]], Spanish singer+
-*[[1944]] – [[Bo Larsson]], Swedish footballer+
-* 1944 – [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor+
-* 1944 – [[John Rhys-Davies]], Welsh actor+
-*[[1945]] – [[Kurt Loder]], Entertainment reporter+
-*[[1948]] – [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]], British drummer ([[Black Sabbath]])+
-*[[1950]] – [[Googoosh]], Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress+
-*[[1950]] – [[Mary Hopkin]], Welsh singer+
-*[[1952]] – [[Campbell McComas]], Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)+
-*[[1954]] – [[Dave Spector]], American television personality and commentator+
-*[[1955]] – [[Melinda Culea]], American actress+
-*[[1956]] – [[Robert Marien]], Quebec actor, singer and songwriter+
-*[[1957]] – [[Richard E. Grant]], British actor+
-* 1957 – [[Peter Howitt]], British actor and film director+
-*[[1958]] – [[Ron Arad (pilot)|Ron Arad]], Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.+
-*[[1959]] – [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], English singer of [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]+
-* 1959 – [[Brian Phelps]], American disk jockey and actor+
-* 1959 – [[Brian Williams]], American news anchor+
-*[[1961]] – [[Hiroshi Hase]], Japanese professional wrestler and politician+
-*[[1962]] – [[Jenifer McKitrick]], American songwriter+
-*[[1963]] – [[Simon Rimmer]], English chef+
-*[[1963]] – [[Heidi Kozak]], American actress+
-* 1963 – [[James LaBrie]], Canadian singer ([[Dream Theater]])+
-*[[1964]] – [[John Lee (placekicker)]], Korean-born American football player+
-*[[1965]] – [[Glenn Seton]], Australian racing driver+
-*[[1966]] – [[Shawn Drover]], Canadian drummer ([[Megadeth]])+
-* 1966 – [[Josh Weinstein]], American writer+
-*[[1967]] – [[Takehito Koyasu]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actor)+
-* 1967 – [[Maro Mavri]], Greek fashion model and actress+
-*[[1970]] – [[Kyan Douglas]], American TV-personality+
-* 1970 – [[Juan Acevedo]], baseball player+
-* 1970 – [[LaPhonso Ellis]], American basketball player+
-* 1970 – [[Naomi Klein]], Canadian author and activist+
-* 1970 – [[Soheil Ayari]], French racer +
-*[[1971]] – [[Mike Redmond]], American baseball player+
-* 1971 – [[Harold Miner]], American basketball player+
-* 1971 – [[David Reilly (singer)|David Reilly]], American singer ([[God Lives Underwater]]) (d. 2005)+
-* 1971 – [[Gary_Johnson_(producer)|Gary Johnson]], British Record Producer+
-*[[1972]] – [[James Cracknell]], British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist+
-* 1972 – [[Devin Townsend]], Canadian musician ([[Strapping Young Lad]])+
-* 1972 – [[Brad Bombardir]], Canadian ice hockey player+
-*[[1973]] – [[Tina Yothers]], American actress+
-*[[1973]] – [[Casino Versus Japan|Erik Kowalski]], American [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]] composer behind [[Casino Versus Japan]]+
-*[[1974]] – [[Seiji Ara]], Japanese racing driver+
-*[[1976]] – [[Juan Pablo Sorín]], Argentine footballer+
-* 1976 – [[Jeremy Michael Ward]], American Musician (d. 2003)+
-* 1976 – [[Anastasios Pantos]], Greek footballer+
-* 1976 – [[Dieter Brummer]], Australian TV Actor+
-*[[1977]] – [[Choi Kang-hee]], South Korean actress+
-*[[1978]] – [[Santiago Cabrera]], Chilean actor+
-* 1978 – [[Bruno Cheyrou]], French footballer+
-*[[1978]] – [[Morgan Pehme]], American filmmaker and writer+
-* 1978 – [[Noam Zylberman]], voice actor+
-*[[1979]] – [[Vincent Kartheiser]], American actor+
-*[[1980]] – [[DerMarr Johnson]], American basketball player+
-* 1980 – [[Yossi Benayoun]], Israeli Footballer+
-*[[1981]] – [[Danielle Fishel]], American actress+
-* 1981 – [[Marcelle Bittar]], Brazilian supermodel+
-* 1981 – [[Chris Duncan]], baseball player+
-* 1981 – [[Craig David]], English singer+
-*[[1982]] – [[Jay Bothroyd]], English footballer+
-* 1982 – [[Wouter D'Haene]], Belgian flatwater canoer+
-* 1982 – [[Randall Gay]], National Football League player+
-* 1982 – [[Edyta Sliwinska]], Polish ballroom dancer+
-*[[1983]] – [[Henry Cavill]], English actor+
-* 1983 – [[Scott Ware]], American footballer+
-*[[1984]] – [[Wade MacNeil]], Canadian guitarist ([[Alexisonfire]])+
-* 1984 – [[Eve Torres]], American dancer and model+
-*[[1985]] – [[P. J. Tucker]], American basketball player+
-* 1985 – [[Shoko Nakagawa]], Japanese actress, illustrator and singer+
-* 1985 – [[Terrence Wheatley]], American Football player+
-*[[1987]] – [[Marija Šestić]], Bosnian singer+
-*[[1988]] – [[Jessica Dubroff]], American aviator (d. 1996)+
-* 1988 – [[Brooke Hogan]], American singer+
-* 1988 – [[Skye Sweetnam]], Canadian singer and songwriter+
-* 1988 – [[Adele (singer)|Adele]], English singer+
-*[[1989]] – [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]], American singer and actor+
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-*[[200]] &ndash; [[Sun Ce]], warlord of the [[Han Dynasty]] (b. 175) 
*[[311]] &ndash; [[Galerius]], [[Roman Emperor]] *[[311]] &ndash; [[Galerius]], [[Roman Emperor]]
-*[[984]] &ndash; [[Gerberga of Saxony]], Queen of Western Francia  
-*[[1028]] &ndash; King [[Alfonso V of León|Alfonso V of Castile]], León, and Galicia 
-*[[1194]] &ndash; King [[Casimir II of Poland]] (b. 1138) 
-*[[1219]] &ndash; King [[Leo II of Armenia]] (b. 1150) 
-*[[1309]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of Naples]] 
-*[[1525]] &ndash; [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony|Frederick III of Saxony]] (b. 1463) 
-*[[1586]] &ndash; [[Henry Sidney]], Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529) 
-*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Claudio Merulo]], Italian composer (b. 1533) 
-*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]], English politician (b. 1602) 
-*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Samuel Cooper]], English painter (b. 1609) 
-*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1640) 
-*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers]], English murderer (hanged) (b. 1720) 
-*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Jean Astruc]], French physician and scholar (b. 1684) 
-*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Pierre Jean George Cabanis]], French physiologist (b. 1757) 
-*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Robert Mylne]], Scottish architect (b. 1734) 
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Napoleon I of France]] (b. 1769) *[[1821]] &ndash; [[Napoleon I of France]] (b. 1769)
-*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony]] (b. 1750) 
-*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Sophia Campbell]], Australian artist (b. 1777) 
-*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Robert Inglis|Sir Robert Inglis, Bt]], English politician (b. 1786) 
-*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet|Peter Gustav Dirichlet]], German mathematician (b. 1805) 
-*[[1892]] &ndash; [[August Wilhelm von Hofmann]], German chemist (b. 1818) 
-*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Silas Adams]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1839) 
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], Russian painter (b. 1817) *[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], Russian painter (b. 1817)
-*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Alfred Hermann Fried]], Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. 1864)+*[[1958]] - [[James Branch Cabell]], American writer of fantasy fiction and author of ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice''
-*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Glen Kidston]], British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)+*[[1982]] - [[Cal Tjader]], American Latin jazz musician
-*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Natalija Obrenović]], Queen of Serbia (b. 1859)+
-*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Qemal Stafa]], Albanian politician (b. 1920)+
-*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Peter Van Pels]], Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)+
-*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Ty LaForest]], Canadian baseball player (b. 1917)+
-*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Carlos Saavedra Lamas]], Argentine politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. 1878)+
-*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ernest Tyldesley]], English cricketer (b. 1889)+
-*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Violet Jessop]], [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] survivor (b. 1887)+
-*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Erhard]], German politician ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]) and [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]] from [[1963]] until [[1966]] (b. 1897)+
-*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Bobby Sands]], Irish activist (b. 1954)+
-*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Horst Schumann]], Nazi physician (b. 1901)+
-*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Donald Bailey|Sir Donald Bailey]], British civil engineer (b. 1901)+
-*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Michael Shaara]], American author (b. 1928)+
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Pascal]], French singer (b. 1927) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Pascal]], French singer (b. 1927)
-*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion. (b. 1911)+*[[2004]] - [[Sir Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer and owner of [[Studio One]]
-*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Walter Gotell]], German actor (b. 1924)+*[[2004]] - [[David Reimer]], sex change patient in a famous [[gender identity]] case
-*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gino Bartali]], Italian cyclist (b. 1914)+
-*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Clifton Hillegass]], American writer and publisher+
-* 2001 &ndash; [[Raymond Kessler]], American midget wrestler+
-*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Hugo Banzer]], Bolivian dictator (b. 1926)+
-* 2002 &ndash; [[Paul Klipsch]], American engineer, noted for his [[loudspeaker]] designs. (b. 1904)+
-* 2002 &ndash; [[George Sidney]], American film director (b. 1916)+
-*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Sam Bockarie]], RUF Rebel Commander (b. 1964)+
-*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Walter Sisulu]], South African activist (b. 1912)+
-*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ritsuko Okazaki]], Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)+
-*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Naushad|Naushad Ali]], Indian composer (b. 1919)+
-*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Theodore Harold Maiman]], Inventor, noted for making the first working laser. (b. 1927)+
-*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Irv Robbins]], Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)+
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