Today is day #359 with 6 days left in 2014.
Random celebrity birth: In 1728 German composer Johann Adam Hiller.
Random celebrity death: In 1784 Japanese poet Yosa Buson.
Random historical event: In 1989 deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were “put out to pasture” after a summary trial.
Reference Sources: on-this-day.com, ship-wrecks.net, ecos.fws.gov, History.com, HistoryOrb.org, Watch.org, Biography.com, The Free Dictionary.com, Wikipedia.org, and “Other Sources”.
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