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Birthdays
1875 - King Albert I of Belgium
1929 - Jacques Brel (Belgian singer and composer)
Deaths
956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
1364 - King John II of France
1870 - Charles de Bériot (Belgian composer)
Milestones/Events
1867 - Paris: Inauguration of the first World's Fair
1904 - Entente cordiale was signed by the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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