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30 BC – Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJi87g4OGT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC6EfLdAIVA

1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54RxRIDvHY

1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Singer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Harrison_May_-_Isaac_Merrit_Singer_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin-_Singer_sewing_machine_-_3138.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZmBO0i7gA

1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_%28dinosaur%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-8-l2SLNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPFbNGK_a6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M

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