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Monday, February 8, 2010.

On this day in history ..

• 1575 - University of Leiden Neth opens
• 1600 - Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
• 1672 - Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1878 - Martin Buber, known Philosopher, born
• 1895 - Maurice Samuel born
• 1795 - Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
• 1878 - Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
• 1894 - Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher
• 1922 - Jeri Auerbach, Russian chess grandmaster
• 1940 - Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
• 1942 - Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1676 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
• 1686 - Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
• 1725 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
• 1921 - Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
• 1935 - Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87