1850 - First US National Women's Rights convention opens in Brinley Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
1853 - Maastricht-Aken railway in Netherlands opens
1971 - Three Catholic civilians are shot dead by the British Army during an attempted robbery in Newry, County Down
1989 - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass
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1941 - Igor Smirnov, Transnistrian politician, President of breakaway region of Moldova, born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Soviet Union
1945 - Kim Larsen, Danish rock singer ("In the Middle of the Night"), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2018)
1991 - Mako of Akishino, Japanese former princess of the imperial family who gave up her title upon marriage, born in Toyko

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