Thursday, April 7, 2016

April 8 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP



Notable

1320 – Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1533 – Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1604)
1536 – Barbara of Hesse (d. 1597)
1541 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (d. 1593)
1605 – Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665)
1641 – Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney  (d. 1704)
      English general and politician
      Secretary of State for the Northern Department
1692 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1770)
1726 – Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (d. 1798)
1732 – David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1796)
1761 – William Joseph Chaminade  (d. 1850)
      French priest, founded the Society of Mary
1770 – John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician (d. 1830)
1798 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and author (d. 1857)
1818 – Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
1818 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (d. 1892)
1826 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (d. 1890)
1827 – Ramón Emeterio Betances  (d. 1898)
      Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician
1842 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (d. 1933)
1859 – Edmund Husserl, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1938)
1864 – Carlos Deltour, French rower and rugby player (d. 1920)
1867 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter and educator (d. 1908)
1869 – Harvey Williams Cushing, American surgeon and academic (d. 1939)
1870 – John Paine, American target shooter (d. 1951)
1871 – Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (d. 1925)
1874 – Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer (d. 1929)
1874 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960)
1875 – Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
1883 – R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic (d. 1972)
1883 – Julius Seljamaa  (d. 1936)
      Estonian journalist and politician
      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
1885 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator (d. 1951)
1886 – Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (d. 1967)
1888 – Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician (d. 1964)
1889 – Adrian Boult, English conductor (d. 1983)
1892 – Richard Neutra  (d. 1970)
      Austrian-American architect
      designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records
1892 – Mary Pickford  (d. 1979)
      Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
      co-founded United Artists
1896 – E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, American composer (d. 1981)
1896 – Einar Juhl, Danish actor (d. 1982)
1900:  Ilka Chase, American actress and novelist  (d. 15 Feb 1978)
1901 – Carmen Boni, Italian actress (d. 1963)
1902 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1924)
1902 – Maria Maksakova, Sr., Russian soprano (d. 1974)
1904 – John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1904 – Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (d. 1970)
1905 – Joachim Büchner, German sprinter and graphic designer (d. 1978)
1905 – Helen Joseph, English-South African activist (d. 1992)
1905 – Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
1906 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (d. 1974)
1908 – Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1909 – John Fante, American author and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1910 – George Musso, American football player and police officer (d. 2000)
1911 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1911 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995)
1912 – Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2010)
1912 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
1914 – María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1914:  Robert Giroux, American book editor and publisher  (d. 5 Sep 2008)
1915 – Ivan Supek  (d. 2007)
      Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer
      President of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991-1997
1917 – Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007)
1917 – Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant (d. 2004)
1917 – Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop
1917 – Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988)
1918 – Betty Ford  (d. 2011)
      American wife of Gerald R. Ford
      40th First Lady of the United States
1918 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (d. 1992)
1919 – Ian Smith  (d. 2007)
      Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia
1920 – Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 1994)
1921 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2003)
1921 – Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984)
1921 – Herman van Raalte, Dutch footballer (d. 2013)
1923 – George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1923 – Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor (d. 1997)
1924 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1924 – Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English general and historian (d. 2006)
1926 – Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic
      co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
1926 – Shecky Greene, American actor
1926 – Shirley Mills, American actress and dancer (d. 2010)
1926 – Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic
1927 – Tilly Armstrong, English author (d. 2010)
1927 – Ollie Mitchell  (d. 2013)
      American trumpet player and bandleader (The Wrecking Crew)
1928 – Fred Ebb, American lyricist (d. 2004)
1928 – Leah Rabin, German-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
1929 – Walter Berry, Austrian actor and singer (d. 2000)
1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978)
1929 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (d. 1996)
1930 – Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (d. 2010)
1930:  Miller Williams, American poet  (d. 1 Jan 2015)
1931 – John Gavin, American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico
1932 – Iskandar of Johor (d. 2010)
1933 – Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
1933 – James Lockhart, American scholar and historian (d. 2014)
1934:  Vartan Gregorian, Armenian-American academic
1934 – Kisho Kurokawa  (d. 2007)
      Japanese architect
      designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower and Singapore Flyer
1935 – Oscar Zeta Acosta, American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
1935 – Albert Bustamante, American soldier, educator, and politician
1937 – Seymour Hersh, American journalist and author
1937 – Momo Kapor, Serbian author and painter (d. 2010)
1938 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat
      7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1938 – John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician
      25th Premier of Nova Scotia
1939 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (d. 1989)
1939 – John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic
1939 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (d. 2010)
1939 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1940 – John Havlicek, American basketball player
1941 – Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer
1941:  Peggy Lennon, American musician
1941 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
1942 – Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Family and Streetwalkers)
1942:  Leon Huff, American musician
1942 – Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist
1943 – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford  (d. 2006)
      Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1943 – Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)
1943 – Miller Farr, American football player
1943 – James Herbert, English author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1943 – Jack O'Halloran, American boxer and actor
1943 – Chris Orr, English painter and illustrator
1944 – Jean Benguigui, French actor
1944 – Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
1944 – Odd Nerdrum, Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator
1944 – Deke Richards, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1944 – Joey D. Vieira, American actor
1945 – Derrick Walker, Scottish businessman
1946 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1946 – Stuart Pankin, American actor
1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor and producer
1947 – Tom DeLay, American lawyer and politician
1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Yes, Asia, Tomorrow, GTR, and Bodast)
1947 – Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies
1947 – Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician, European Commissioner for Trade
1947 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (People!) (d. 2008)
1948 – Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Scottish academic and politician
1949 – K. C. Kamalasabayson  (d. 2007)
      Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
      39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
1949:  Jim Lampley, American sportscaster
1949 – John Madden, English director and producer
1949 – Joe Royle, English footballer and manager
1949 – Brenda Russell, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1949 – John Scott, English sociologist and academic
1950 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach
1951 – Gerd Andres, German politician
1951 – Geir Haarde
      Icelandic economist, journalist, and politician
      23rd Prime Minister of Iceland
1951 – Mel Schacher
      American bass player
      (Question Mark & the Mysterians and Grand Funk Railroad)
1951 – Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1952:  Arcadi Gaydamak
      Russian-born Israeli business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
1952 – Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician (d. 2004)
1954 – Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1954 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (d. 2012)
1954 – Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1954 – G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
1955 – Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984)
1955 – Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
1955 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
1955 – Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician
1955 – Barbara Kingsolver, American author and poet
1955 – David Wu, Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician
1956 – Christine Boisson, French actress
1956 – Roman Dragoun, Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Progres 2)
1956 – Jim Piddock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Justin Sullivan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (New Model Army)
1957 – Anthony Michaels-Moore, English opera singer
1957 – Fred Smerlas, American football player and radio host
1958 – Detlef Bruckhoff, German footballer
1958 – Tom Petranoff, American javelin thrower and coach
1959 – Alain Bondue, French cyclist
1959:  Nell Newman, American Actress, biologist, philanthropist, and entrepreneur
      eldest child of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
1960 – John Schneider, American actor, singer, director, and producer
1961 – Élise Guilbault, Canadian actress
1961 – Brian McDermott, English footballer and manager
1962:  Evan Davis, English economist, journalist, and presenter
1962 – Paddy Lowe, English engineer
1962 – Izzy Stradlin, American guitarist and songwriter (Guns N' Roses and Hollywood Rose)
1963 – Tine Asmundsen, Norwegian bassist
1963 – Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and photographer
1963 – Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach
1963 – Donita Sparks
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (L7 and Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments)
1963 – Alec Stewart, English cricketer
1963 – Seth Tobias, American businessman (d. 2007)
1964 – Biz Markie, American rapper, producer, and actor (Juice Crew)
1964 – John McGinlay, Scottish footballer and manager
1964:  Dave Rowntree
      English musician, solicitor, animator and political activist
      (Blur, The Ailerons, Empire Square)
1965 – Steven Blaney, Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Public Safety
1965 – Michael Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1966 – Mazinho, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
1966 – Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (d. 2014)
1966 – Mark Blundell, English race car driver
1966 – Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (d. 2014)
1966 – Dalton Grant, English high jumper
1966 – Harri Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver
1966 – Evripidis Stylianidis
      Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
1966 – Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer
1967 – Kenny Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer
1967 – Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
1968 – Patricia Arquette, American actress and director
1968 – Patricia Girard, French runner and hurdler
1970 – Care Santos, Catalan writer.
1968 – Tracy Grammer
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer)
1970:  J. R. Bourne, Canadian actor
1971 – Darren Jessee
      American singer-songwriter and drummer
      (Ben Folds Five and Hotel Lights)
1972 – Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (d. 2010)
1972 – Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer and accountant (d. 2009)
1972 – Sung Kang, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972:  Chuck Todd, American journalist
1973 – Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
1973 – Emma Caulfield, American actress
1974 – Holger Hott, Norwegian orienteering competitor and engineer
1974 – Toutai Kefu, Tongan-Australian rugby player
1974:  Chris Kyle, American soldier  (d. 2 Feb 2013)
1974 – Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American author and educator
1975 – Anouk, Dutch singer
1975 – Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer
1975 – Timo Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
1977 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist and author (d. 2008)
1977:  Sara Shepard, American author
1977 – Mark Spencer, American computer programmer and engineer
1978 – Daigo, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor
1978 – Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
1978 – Bernt Haas, Austrian-Swiss footballer
1978 – Mario Pestano, Spanish discus thrower
1978 – Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress
1978 – Jocelyn Robichaud, Canadian tennis player and coach
1978 – Evans Rutto, Kenyan runner
1979 – Alexi Laiho
      Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Impaled Nazarene, and Kylähullut)
1979 – Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor (MDO)
1980 – Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
1980 – Katee Sackhoff, American actress
1980 – Mariko Seyama, Japanese announcer, photographer, and model
1981 – Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
1981 – Taylor Kitsch, Canadian model, actor, and director
1981 – Ofer Shechter, Israeli model, actor, and screenwriter
1982 – Brett White, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Allu Arjun, Indian actor and singer
1983 – Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Russian runner
1983 – Natalia Doussopoulos (bka Natalia), Greek singer
1984 – Ezra Koenig
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors)
1984 – Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor (MDO)
1984 – Kirsten Storms, American actress
1985 – Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
1985 – Yemane Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
1986 – Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
1986 – Félix Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1986:  Bridget Kelly, American singer and songwriter
1986 – Osvaldo Martínez, Paraguayan footballer
1986 – Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and singer
1987 – Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (d. 2015)
1987 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
1987 – Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player
1987 – Sam Rapira, New Zealand rugby league player
1988 – Jenni Asserholt, Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Stephanie Cayo, Peruvian actress and singer
1988 – Rachael Finch, Australian model and journalist, Miss Universe Australia 2009
1988 – Kim Myung-sung, South Korean baseball player
1989 – Matthew Healy, English singer-songwriter (The 1975)
1989 – Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer
1989 – Gabriella Wilde, English actress
1990 – Kim Jonghyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Shinee and SM the Ballad)
1991 – Minami Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and no3b)
1992 – Shelby Young, American actress
1993 – Angeli Dione Gomez, Filipino model, Miss Tourism International 2013
1993 – Kanae Yoshii, Japanese singer and actress (9nine)
1999 – Ty Panitz, American actor
2002 – Skai Jackson, American actress


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Deaths

VIP

2013 – Margaret Thatcher  (b. 13 Oct 1925)
      English lawyer and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979-1990

Notable

217 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
622 – Prince Shōtoku of Japan (b. 572)
632 – Charibert II, Frankish king (b. 607)
956 – Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
1143 – John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1087)
1364 – John II of France (b. 1319)
1450 – Sejong the Great, Korean king (b. 1397)
1461 – Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
1551 – Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1586 – Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)
1612 – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575)
1691 – Carlo Rainaldi  (b. 1611)
      Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli
            and Santa Maria in Montesanto
1697 – Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
1704 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
1704 – Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney  (b. 1641)
      English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1725 – John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
1735 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
1839 – Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (b. 1777)
1848 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
1857 – Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827)
1861 – Elisha Otis  (b. 1811)
      American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company
1870 – Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
1894 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay  (b. 1838)
      Indian journalist, author, and poet
1906 – Auguste Deter  (b. 1850)
      German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
1919 – Loránd Eötvös  (b. 1848)
      Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician
      Hungarian Minister of Education
1920 – Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
1925 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (b. 1855)
1931 – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
1936 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1936 – Božena Benešová, Czech poetess and novelist (b. 1873)
1942 – Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
1947 – Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
1950 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
1961 – Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
1962 – Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
1965 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1969 – Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
1973 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
1974 – James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
1981 – Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
1983 – Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)
1984 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
1985 – John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
1986 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967)
1990 – Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
1991 – Per "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mayhem and Morbid) (b. 1969)
1992 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1993 – Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897)
1994 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)
1996 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
1996 – León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1996 – Mick Young, Australian politician (b. 1936)
1997 – Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)
2000 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
2000 – Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
2002 – María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
2002 – Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
2004 – Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921)
2006 – Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
2007 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
2008 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
2008 – Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)
2009 – Richard de Mille  (b. 1922)
      American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist
2009 – Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
2010 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer (b. 1946)
2010 – Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
2011 – Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910)
2012 – Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (b. 1961)
2012 – Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (b. 1928)
2012 – Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921)
2013 – Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
2013 – Richard Brooker, English actor and stuntman (b. 1954)
2013 – Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
2013 – Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
2013 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (b. 1917)
2014 – Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
2014 – Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)
2014 – Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)
2014 – Adrianne Wadewitz, American scholar and academic (b. 1977)
2014 – James Brian Hellwig (aka The Ultimate Warrior), American wrestler (b. 1959)
2015 – Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)
2015 – Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
2015 – Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)
2015 – David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
2015 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)


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