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Christopher Columbus 1st sighted manatees.
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The conference at Luck began (Jan 9-29). Vytautas hosted a grand Congress at Luck ostensibly to unite the region against threats from the Turks to the south. Emperor Sigismund of Hungary agreed to the formation of the Kingdom of Lithuania and dispatched a crown from Hungary.
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Rene' d'Anjou (d.1480) was born the son and 3rd child of Duke Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon at Angers in the Maine-and-Loire region of western France. King René, poet and wine lover, demonstrated how all our leaders ought to be.
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In Marienburg some 80 Lithuanian barons were baptized to Catholicism.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Paris Monroe, American singer
1989 –
Michael Beasley, American basketball player
1989 –
Michaella Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
1989 –
Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian actress
1987 –
Lucas Pezzini Leiva, Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
1987 –
Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
1987 –
Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter
1987 –
Sam Bird, English racing driver
1982 –
Kate Middleton, British, girlfriend of Prince William of Wales
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January, 9
- Births
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2009,
T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)
2008,
Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (b. 1923)
2008,
Liam Quinn, Provisional IRA member (b. 1949)
2008,
Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
2008,
Sir John Harvey-Jones, chairman of ICI from 1982 to 1987 (b. 1924).
2007,
Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2007,
Jean-Pierre Vernant, French structuralist historian and anthropologist (b. 1914)
2006,
Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
2006,
Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor, director (b. 1937)
2005,
Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
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January, 9
- Deaths
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