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WRLD: 1947 - Syria gains independence from France

SPRT: 1940 - Feller's first no-hitter is MLB's only opening-day no-hitter

OTHR: 1943 - Whoops! Hofman's discovery of LSD is no accident

BDAY: Selena Quintanilla; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Pope Benedict XVI; Charlie Chaplin

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