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• 1582: death of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1859: birth of Paul Hankar, Art Nouveau architect
• 1900: death of Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, politician and scientist
• 1942: birth of Didier Comès, comics artist
• 1976: birth of Timmy Simons, soccer player, played 47 times for the Belgium national football team as of October 2006
• 1999: death of Big Ben, world champion show jumping horse, inducted in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
• 2003: death of Ann Petersen, actress