1516 - Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria endorses "The German Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot) and adds to it standards for the sale of beer in Bavaria, ensuring beer is only brewed from three ingredients: water, barley, and hops
1949 - Netherlands annex several German territories, including Elten and Tuddern, as apart of post-Wold War II border adjustments
1977 - Czech chess master, Vlastimil Hort, plays 201 games simultaneously; won-174, drew-17, lost-10
2012 - Rangers F.C. owner, Craig Whyte, is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football
2019 - At least 54 jade miners buried by a mudslide in Kachin state, Myanmar

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1900 - Henry Barraud, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1997)
1918 - James Kirkup, British travel writer, poet and novelist (African in Greenland), born in South Shields, England (d. 2009)
1960 - Jodie Mudd, American golfer (Players C'ship 1990), born in Louisville, Kentucky

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