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Gday...

1685  -     The great Baroque composer, Georg Händel, is born. 

1955  -     Floods begin in the Hunter Valley, Australia, ultimately claiming 25.

1994  -     Jimmy Tambo, an indigenous Australian exploited by Barnum's Travelling Circus, is finally laid to rest, 110 years after he died. 

1455  -     The Gutenberg Bible, the first western book printed from movable type, begins its print run. 

Cheers - John



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