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• b. 1958Nick ParkEnglish filmmakerTurns 68 this year
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• 1732–1818Warren HastingsGovernor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
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• 1933–2010Henryk GóreckiPolish composer
• b. 1938Patrick BauchauBelgian actorTurns 88 this year
• b. 1977Andrew FlintoffEnglish cricketer and TV personalityTurns 49 this year
• 1841–1870Frédéric BazilleFrench painter
• b. 1971Richard KrajicekDutch tennis playerTurns 55 this year
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• 1285–1312Ferdinand IV of CastileKing of Castile and León from 1295 to 1312
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• 1520–1551Barbara RadziwiłłQueen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1548 to 1551
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