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Birthdays
1722 - Tiphaigne de la Roche (French writer)
1833 - Élie Ducommun (Swiss journalist)
1914 - Jacques Dufilho (French comedian)
Deaths
1602 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur (French soldier)
1799 - Jean-Charles de Borda (French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor)
1951 - André Gide (French writer)
1957 - Maurice Garin (French cyclist)
1988 - André Frédéric Cournand (French-born physician)
Milestones/Events
1915 - World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli
1943 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass (Tunisia)
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