1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1933 - Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
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1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician (President of Estonia, 2001-06), born in Pahavalla, Estonia (d. 2024)
1970 - Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter (The Hunchback of San Francisco), born in Sligo, Ireland

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