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1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor and journalist, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM

1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUEEmYo8DU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WranKtm3ARg

1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY0uQr3JpMY

79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlZ-SGfp6Os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co09Uk7v_DQ

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