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Arndt Jorgens

... that Arndt Jorgens (pictured) won five World Series despite not playing in a game?
... that 28 trillion tonnes of ice were lost worldwide between 1994 and 2017 due to climate change?
... that Daniel Chapo, the favorite to be the next president of Mozambique, was previously a radio announcer?
... that according to some metaphysicians, there are no relations?
... that William Henry Harrison Seeley was the first American recipient of the Victoria Cross?
... that farmed birds often get marks known as hock burns from the ammonia of other birds' waste?
... that the botanist Victor Jacob Koningsberger spoke out against the expulsion of Jewish academics in the occupied Netherlands?
... that there's a little Canada on Minnesota State Highway 36?
... that David W. Music has taught music, composed music, conducted music, and written about music?

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A. E. J. Collins

1864 – American Civil War: General Sherman's frontal assault against the Confederate Army of Tennessee failed, but did not stop the Union Army from advancing on Atlanta.
1899 – A. E. J. Collins (pictured) scored 628 runs not out, the highest recorded score in cricket until being surpassed in 2016.
1954 – Jacobo Árbenz resigned as President of Guatemala following a CIA-led coup against his administration.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey made landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana, U.S.
2017 – Websites of Ukrainian organizations were swamped by a massive cyberattack, blamed on Russian military hackers, using the malware Petya.

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