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2013 Event - Canada's Cirque du Soleil cuts 400 jobs due to strong loonie and surging costs

2012 Event - Strong manufacturing figures and company earnings cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach a four-year high

2011 Event - Bolstered by strong employment figures for March, the Australian dollar reaches a 28-year high against the U.S. dollar

1993 Death - Robert Strong

1992 Event - Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round

1986 Event - Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds

1986 Event - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs

1985 Event - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players

1984 Event - Strong winds cause a 30 minnutes delay in Toronto Blue Jays game

1980 Birthday - Rider Strong, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World

1979 Event - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1978 Birthday - Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards

1974 Birthday - Tremain Mack, strong safety for the Cincinnati Bengals

1973 Birthday - Lawyer Milloy, strong safety for the New England Patriots

1973 Event - In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth"

1973 Birthday - Devin Bush, NFL strong safety for the Atlanta Falcons

1973 Birthday - Sam Shade, NFL strong safety for the Cincinnati Bengals

1973 Birthday - Travis Davis, NFL strong safety, NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars

1972 Birthday - Eric Zomalt, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles

1972 Birthday - David Hendrix, NFL strong safety for the San Diego Chargers

1971 Birthday - William Strong, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints

1971 Birthday - Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1971 Birthday - Mack Strong, NFL fullback for the Seattle Seahawks

1970 Birthday - Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety for the Minnesota Vikings

1970 Death - Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

1969 Birthday - Terry Ray, NFL strong safety for the New England Patriots

1968 Birthday - Pat Terrell, NFL strong safety for the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers

1968 Birthday - Derek Strong, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic

1967 Birthday - Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1967 Birthday - David Whitmore, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles

1967 Birthday - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong

1966 Birthday - Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers

1963 Birthday - Michael Zordich, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles

1962 Birthday - Shaun Gayle, NFL strong safety for the San Diego Chargers

1955 Birthday - Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions

1948 Death - George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92

1944 Event - Very strong hurricane hits Netherland

1944 Birthday - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter, Traffic-Something So Strong

1941 Birthday - Barrett Strong, Detroit, vocalist, Money, That's What I Want

1939 Birthday - O. V. Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is'

1936 Birthday - Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools

1935 Birthday - Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum

1933 Birthday - Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame

1929 Birthday - Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

1924 Birthday - Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years

1909 Birthday - Helen Chandler, Charleston, South Carolina, actress, Christopher Strong, Dracula

1906 Birthday - Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback, Staten Island, New York Yankees, New York Giants

1896 Event - 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)

1894 Event - Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

1887 Birthday - Phil Mead, cricketer, strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI

1885 Birthday - Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

1884 Birthday - Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man

1863 Death - George Crockett Strong, U.S. Union general-major, dies of injuries at 29

1863 Death - Strong Vincent, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies

1856 Birthday - George Templeton Strong, composer

1837 Birthday - Vincent Strong, civil war fighter

1832 Birthday - George Crockett Strong, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Event - Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah

1805 Birthday - William Kerley Strong, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1799 Birthday - Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. fur trader/explorer

1733 Death - August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62

1694 Event - Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen

1670 Birthday - August II, the Strong One, King of Poland, 355 children

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