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1692: at the Battle of Steenkerque in the War of the Grand Alliance, the French army defeated the combined armies of England, the Dutch Republic, and Denmark
1790: birth of John Cockerill, British entrepreneur and the founder of Cockerill-Sambre
1975: death of Karel Bossart, rocket designer, creator of the Atlas ICBM

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