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3 Deaths

• 743 - Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam
• 1561 - Menno Simons, founder of Mennonite church (b. 1496)
• 1606 - Guy Fawkes, executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570)
• 1851 - David Spangler Kaufman, American politician, first Jewish Congressman from Texas (b. 1813)
• 1892 - Charles Spurgeon, preacher and evangelist
• 1907 - Timothy Eaton, department store founder (b. 1834)
• 1933 - John Galsworthy, writer (b. 1867)
• 1945 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
• 1956 - A. A. Milne, author ( Winnie the Pooh) (b. 1882)
• 1967 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908
• 1970 - Slim Harpo, blues singer (b. 1924)
• 1974 - Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive (b. 1882)
• 1990 - Rashad Khalifa, imam, stabbed to death (b. 1935)
• 1992 - Willie Dixon, blues musician (b. 1915)
• 1995 - George Abbott, director and producer on Broadway, dies at 107 (b. 1887)
• 2000 - Gil Kane, comic book writer
• 2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction writer (b. 1923)
• 2004 - Eleanor Holm - American swimmer

4 Holidays and observances

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Bosco .
• Winter-een-mas - Seventh day: Unofficially known as Master-Chiefmas, LAN-ukah or Halo-ween. Winter-een-mas officially comes to an end.

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