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History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Giacomo Puccini debuts his opera, Madame Butterfly in Milan. Puccini would die in 1924 after meeting The Doctor. In 1999, Dr. Grace Holloway was listening to Madame Butterfly as she performed exploratory surgery on the Seventh Doctor's cardiovascular system, and the Doctor "died" during the operation. (DW: Doctor Who (1996))

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 * 13 - Bartlett Mullins, who played the Second Elder in "The Sensorites," is born in Crosby, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England.