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WRLD: 1968 – Hope springs in Prague; held in Czech by Russian Bear

SPRT: 1951 – Fetch & Karrup, at a blistering pace of 80 miles a day, take the prize in the first trans-American race

HUH?: 1911 – Peruggia slips Mona Lisa under clothes; alert Louvre staff notices blank spot on wall the following day

BDAY: Kim Cattrall, Kenny Rogers, Wilt Chamberlain, Count Basie

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