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Bryan Gunn (born 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. He spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, and feels that his career peaked with what he calls the save of his life in a 1993 UEFA Cup match against Bayern Munich; The Independent called the game the summit of the club's history. He is one of only nine players to win the club's Player of the Year award twice and was made an inaugural member of its Hall of Fame. He made six appearances for Scotland in the early 1990s. After retiring as a player, Gunn worked for years behind the scenes at Norwich in a variety of roles. He was appointed temporary manager towards the end of the 2008–09 season and confirmed as permanent manager during the summer. However, he lost his job a week into the next season after defeat in the opening game to local rivals Colchester United. Since the death of his young daughter from leukaemia in 1992, Gunn has been extensively involved in fundraising to combat the disease and its effects, raising more than £1 million. The city of Norwich recognised Gunn's charity work and his long association with the city's football club by naming him Sheriff for 2002. (Full article...)

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• Amidst fears of civil war, the South Sudan Liberation Army captures Bor.
• Russian president Vladimir Putin pardons businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
• ESA's Gaia space observatory is launched to compile a catalogue of astronomical objects.
• A new species of tapir, Tapirus kabomani, is identified in the Amazon.
• In cricket, Australia defeat England to regain the Ashes in the 2013–14 Ashes series.
• Following a federal election in Germany, a third cabinet under chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured) is inaugurated with a grand coalition.

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• 1808 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Fifth Symphony, one of the most popular and well-known compositions in all of European classical music, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
• 1921 – The 8th Congress of Soviets approved the GOELRO plan, the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development.
• 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel, connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, opened.
• 1988 – Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes (pictured) was murdered at his Xapuri home.
• 2010 – The United States repealed its controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military.

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