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Facts
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed
1778 British explorer Captain James Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
1789 1st national Thanksgiving in America
1865 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published in America
1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadians, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt
Deaths
1240 Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies
1836 John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
1883 Sojourner Truth, US abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96
1933 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84
1996 Michael Bentine, British author/comedian (Reluctant Jester), dies at 74
2003 Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
2004 Philippe de Broca, French film director (Le Bossu) dies aged 71
Born on this day
1939 Tina Turner, [Anna Mae Bullock], American singer (Proud Mary), born in Nutbush, Tennessee
1945 John McVie, British rock bassist (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
1981 Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
Michael Bentine
Soulja Slim