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Birthdays

 * Bob Dylan (b.1941), Jim Broadbent (b.1949), Alfred Molina (b.1953), Kristin Scott Thomas (b.1960), Eric Cantona (b.1966).

Events

 * 1969: The Beatles' Get Back single goes N1 in the US
 * 1979: 32nd Cannes Film Festival: Apocalypse Now and Die Blechtrommel are joint winners of the Palme d'or
 * 1997: Tribal Gathering 97 electronic music festival.
 * 2002: Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty
 * 2003: 48th Eurovision Song Contest in Riga
 * 2008: 53rd Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.