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Significant events1595 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer, died (b. c.1540) 1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. 1945 - World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland Births1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791) 1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898) 1933 - Mohammed Al Fayed, Egyptian businessman 1972 - Mark Owen, UK singer ( Take That)
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