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Sherlock Holmes "dies" at Reichenbach Falls.?

Kakuei Tanaka Japanese PM convicted of bribe-taking, born.?

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms.?

Audrey Hepburn (Hepburn-Ruston Edda van Heemstra), Brussels, Belguim (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady), born.?

Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire.?