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| The Banaue Rice Terraces (pictured) of the Philippine Cordilleras are part of a World Heritage site, which was recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in 1995. |
| Dutch writer Louis Ferron, born of a German soldier and a Dutch mother during the German occupation in World War II, wrote a series of novels later called The Teutonic Trilogy. |
| Jake Gyllenhaal has a brief part as the son of a widower played by Robin Williams in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode, "Bop Gun". |
| Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft. |
| In 1988, a West German court appointed an ex-notary to represent the interests of the German Reich concerning the Upper Mundat Forest against the Federal Republic of Germany. |
| Swedish film director Tomas Alfredson stated that he had grown tired of the Swedish film industry after finishing Let the Right One In. |
| The ringlegged earwig gets its common name from the noticeable dark bands around the middle of its six legs. |
| USAAF Lieutenant General Harold L. George (pictured), the unofficial leader of the "Bomber Mafia", became mayor of Beverly Hills, California, after World War II. |
| Lorraine Sneed, partner for 15 years of blade server inventor Christopher Hipp, said she had "got him" on their first date after asking "if he wanted to come see my SGI". |
| Sri Lankan Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was forced to abandon an agreement aimed at solving that country's ethnic problems amidst protests by radical Buddhist monks. |
| Canadian House of Commons member Philéas Côté introduced a private member's bill in 1946 seeking to rename Dominion Day to Canada Day. |
| Utah's Patchwork Parkway is the second-highest paved road in the state of Utah at 10,626 feet (3,239 m) above sea level. |
| Swiss mechatronics company Stäubli was originally founded in 1892 as a workshop for producing dobby looms. |
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