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1969. He was also known for his harmonica playing, during and after his playing career, and for his modesty and sportsmanship. Musial was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. In February 2011, President Barack Obama presented Musial with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest civilian awards the US government can bestow. (Full article...

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After the Swiss National Bank ends its cap on the exchange rate to the euro, the franc increases in value significantly.
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first people to successfully free climb the 3,000-foot (900 m) Dawn Wall of El Capitan (pictured) in Yosemite National Park, California.
Giorgio Napolitano, the longest-serving President of Italy, resigns due to age.
Seventy-three people die after drinking contaminated beer at a funeral in Mozambique.
More than three million people, including dozens of world leaders, march for unity in France following the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
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1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila, the oldest church in the Philippines, was completed.
1795 – A day after William V, Prince of Orange (pictured), fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution, the Batavian Republic was established.
TNT exploded at a munitions factory in Silvertown in West Ham, present-day Greater London
, killing more than 70 people and injuring more than 400 others.

M_s earthquake struck northern Himachal Pradesh
, India, causing extensive damage to the region.

2006 – In the deadliest aviation accident in Slovak history, an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, killing 42 of the 43 people on board.

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Petra Martić (b. 1991) is a tennis player from Split, Croatia. Beginning her career as a junior in 2006, Martić turned professional in 2008. She reached a career high of World No. 42 in 2012 in women's singles.

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