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History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly debuts in Milan. In 1999, Dr. Grace Holloway listened to Madame Butterfly while performing exploratory surgery on the Seventh Doctor's cardiovascular system, and the Doctor "died" during the operation. (DW: Doctor Who)

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