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- 0402 Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
- 0648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
- 0885 Death - Methodius Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies
- 0912 Death - Nottker "the Stamelaar" benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
- 1199 Death - Richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
- 1199 Richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
- 1252 Death - Peter of Verona [Peter Martyr] Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
- 1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1327 Italian poet Petrarch first sets eyes on his beloved Laura
- 1327 The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
- 1348 Death - Petrarch's Laura dies of plague
- 1348 Italian poet Petrarch's beloved Laura dies of plague
- 1362 Death - Jacques de Bourbon count of Marche, killed in battle
- 1385 John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
- 1472 Death - Pieter Bladelin Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
- 1483 Birth - Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
- 1489 Death - Hans Waldmann Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
- 1490 Death - Matthias Corvinus king of Hungary, dies
- 1520 Death - Raphael [Sanzio] artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
- 1520 Raphael artist dies on his 37th birthday
- 1528 Death - Albrecht Drer German painter/graphic artist, dies in Nrnberg Germany at 56
- 1551 Death - Joachim Vadianus Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
- 1590 Death - Francis Walsingham English Secretary of State, dies at about 57
- 1593 Death - Henry Barrow English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged
- 1593 Death - John Greenwood English Congressionalist, hanged
- 1605 Death - John Stow British historian, dies
- 1609 Henry Hudson sails 'Half Moon' up Hudson River to site of Albany; searching for North West Passage for Dutch East India Company.
- 1631 Birth - Vincenzo De Grandis composer
- 1652 Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which eventually becomes Cape Town.
- 1660 Birth - Johann Kuhnau composer
- 1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
- 1667 An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
- 1671 Birth - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
- 1672 Birth - Andre Cardinal Destouches composer
- 1674 Death - Charles de Man Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69
- 1707 Death - Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73
- 1708 Birth - George Reuter composer
- 1712 Slave revolt in New York
- 1741 Birth - Sbastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort French playwright (Maximes)
- 1752 Birth - Johann Friedrich Kranz composer
- 1757 Birth - Alessandro Rolla composer
- 1773 Birth - James Mill Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
- 1776 Sloop-of-war Ranger, frigate Queen of France and frigate Warren capture British Hibernia and 7 other vessels
- 1778 Birth - Joseph Funk composer
- 1779 Death - Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
- 1782 Death - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at 90
- 1782 Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'tat.
- 1789 First US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC
- 1793 During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic, and the period known as the Reign of Terror begins.
- 1805 Death - Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at 56
- 1806 Birth - Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)/Mrs Robert Browning
- 1808 John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
- 1810 Birth - Philip Gosse intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
- 1812 Birth - Aaron Bernstein writer
- 1812 Birth - Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer
- 1814 Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
- 1815 Birth - Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer
- 1817 Death - Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, dies at 78
- 1818 Birth - Francis Henry Brown composer
- 1819 Birth - Johann A H Scheler Belgian librarian
- 1822 Death - Franz Xaver Partsch composer, dies at 62
- 1823 Birth - Joseph Medill St John New Brunswick Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
- 1826 Birth - Gustave Moreau French painter
- 1828 Birth - Charles William Field Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 1829 Death - Niels H Able Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
- 1830 Birth - James Augustine Healy Macon GA, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
- 1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
- 1830 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette, New York.
- 1832 Indian Wars: Black Hawk War begins - The Sauk warrior Black Hawk enters into war with the United States.
- 1833 Birth - Johan H C Kern Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
- 1835 Birth - Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer
- 1838 Death - Jos B de Andrada e Silva premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
- 1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
- 1844 Birth - Joseph Ludwig composer
- 1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
- 1851 Canadian postal service transferred from British control; sets uniform postal rate of 3 pence a letter.
- 1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered
- 1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea
- 1854 Death - William Strickland US architect, dies
- 1854 William Strickland US architect, dies
- 1859 US recognizes Liberal government in M‚xico's War of the Reform
- 1860 Birth - Ren Lalique French jewel designer
- 1860 Joseph Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr.
- 1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
- 1862 Death - Adley Hogan Gladden Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 51
- 1862 Death - Albert Sidney Johnston US Confederate General, dies in battle at 59
- 1862 Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh
- 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
- 1865 Death - John Austin Wharton US Confederate General-Major, dies at 36
- 1865 Death - Reuben B Boston US Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle
- 1866 Birth - Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker] US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
- 1866 Birth - Joseph Lincoln Steffens muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
- 1866 The Grand Army of the Republic , an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War , is founded. It lasts until 1956.
- 1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
- 1869 Birth - Louis Raemakers Dutch draftsman/painter
- 1869 Celluloid is patented.
- 1871 Birth - Alexander grandson of England's Queen Victoria
- 1878 Birth - Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer
- 1878 Birth - Erich Mhsam writer
- 1878 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta
- 1883 Birth - Mien Labberton Dutch poetress
- 1884 Birth - Walter Huston Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)
- 1884 Death - Emanuel Geibel writer, dies at 68
- 1885 Birth - Carlos Leon Salzedo composer
- 1886 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated
- 1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
- 1888 Birth - Daniel Andersson Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
- 1889 Birth - Barry Macollum Northern Ireland
- 1889 Birth - Gabriela Mistral writer
- 1890 Birth - Andr L Danjon French astronomer
- 1890 Birth - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
- 1892 Birth - Donald Wills Douglas US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
- 1892 Birth - Lowell Thomas Woodington OH, newscaster (High Adventure)
- 1892 Birth - Mateusz Glinski composer
- 1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)
- 1893 Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
- 1893 Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
- 1895 Oscar Wilde is arrested (in Cadogan Hotel, London) after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1896 Birth - Juan Tomas Perez composer
- 1896 In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
- 1896 The first modern Olympic games begin in Athens (3/25 OS)
- 1898 Birth - Bobby Gilbert Pennsylvania, actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby MD)
- 1900 Birth - Andrs Sas Per, composer
- 1900 Birth - Leo Robin US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
- 1900 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds
- 1901 Birth - Willem Pelemans Flemish composer/music reviewer
- 1902 Birth - Gertrude Short Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus)
- 1903 Birth - Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer
- 1903 Birth - Mickey Cochrane baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 average)
- 1903 The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
- 1904 Birth - Kurt G Kiesinger German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
- 1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika
- 1906 Birth - John Betjeman English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
- 1906 Death - Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
- 1906 The first animated cartoon copyrighted
- 1908 Birth - Vano Il'ich Muradov [Muradeli] Russia, composer
- 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla
- 1909 Commander Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson reports reaching the North Pole
- 1909 Robert Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole.
- 1909 The first credit union established in US
- 1910 Birth - Desmond Dreyer British Admiral
- 1911 Birth - Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer
- 1911 Ded Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malsori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
- 1912 Birth - Endre Szekely composer
- 1912 Birth - Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar actor/director (Don Carlos)
- 1913 Death - Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, dies on 78th birthday
- 1914 Birth - George Reeves Ashland KY, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)
- 1915 SS Guernsey, went ashore on at Cap de la Hague Guernsey with a loss of seven crew while outward bound from Guernsey to Southampton.
- 1916 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #857 Glasenappia
- 1917 Birth - Julian Faber CEO (Willis Faber)
- 1917 Birth - Walter "Shakey" Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin')
- 1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
- 1917 World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wilson's address to Congress).
- 1918 Birth - Joan Bernard Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
- 1918 Birth - Karen Verne Berlin Germany, actress (Madame X)
- 1919 Death - Stefan Surzynski composer, dies at 63
- 1919 Gandhi orders a General Strike.
- 1920 Birth - Bernard Carter British painter/etcher
- 1921 Birth - Andrew Welsh Imbrie composer
- 1921 Birth - Franta Belsky British sculptor
- 1921 Birth - Lord Moore of Wolvercote
- 1922 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa
- 1922 Birth - Barry Levinson Baltimore MD, director (Homicide@Life on the Street, Avalon, Rain Man, Diner)
- 1923 The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
- 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on first successful around-the-world flight
- 1924 The first successful flight (with stops) completely around the world begins
- 1925 Birth - Arthur D Larsen tennis champion (US Open-1950)
- 1925 Birth - John Knox British supreme court justice
- 1925 Birth - Marcus Worsley Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
- 1926 Birth - Ian Paisley North Ireland, clergyman/MP
- 1926 Death - Giovanni Amendola antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
- 1926 Walter Varney Airlines makes first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- 1927 Birth - David Ingram Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
- 1927 Birth - Gerry Mulligan British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
- 1928 Birth - James Dewey Watson chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
- 1928 Birth - Joi Lansing Salt Lake City UT, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
- 1929 Birth - "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster
- 1929 Birth - Andr Previn Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/composer/pianist
- 1929 Birth - Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
- 1929 Birth - Edison Vasalievich Denisov composer
- 1929 Birth - Li Yuan-chia artist
- 1929 Birth - Willis Hall British writer
- 1930 First transcontinental glider tow completed
- 1930 Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts Salt Satyagraha.
- 1931 Birth - Ivan Dixon New York NY, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
- 1931 Birth - Joan Carlyle British soprano
- 1931 Death - Giuseppi Radiciotti composer, dies at 73
- 1931 First Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
- 1933 Birth - Dudley Sutton British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
- 1934 Birth - Antonius Geesink Holland, judo (Olympics-gold-1964)
- 1934 Birth - Reijo Jyrkiainen composer
- 1935 Birth - John Pepper Clark Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
- 1935 Death - Edward Arlington Robinson US poet, dies
- 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
- 1936 Birth - Manfred Schoof composer
- 1936 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
- 1937 Birth - Billy Dee Williams Harlem New York NY, actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back, Double Dare)
- 1937 Birth - Merle Haggard Bakersfield CA, country singer (Death Valley Days)
- 1937 Birth - Tom Veivers cricketer (Australian off-spinner in the 60's)
- 1938 Birth - Paul Daniels British magician
- 1938 Birth - Roy Thinnes Chicago IL, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest, General Hospital)
- 1939 Death - Robert Courtneidge British theater producer, dies
- 1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific)
- 1940 Birth - Anne Campbell MP
- 1940 Birth - Homero Aridjis Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
- 1940 Death - Andres Isasi composer, dies at 49
- 1941 Birth - Hans W Geissendorfer Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
- 1941 German army invades Yugoslovia and Greece.
- 1941 Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British & Ethiopian forces
- 1942 Birth - Phil Austin comedian (Firesign Theater)
- 1942 General Andrew G.L. (Andy) McNaughton forms the First Canadian Army in Britain with five divisions, two armored brigades, and 3 other divisions slated for home defence.
- 1943 Birth - Harry Conroy trade unionist
- 1943 Birth - Joaquin Agostinho Portuguese cyclist
- 1943 Birth - Roger Cook investigative journalist/broadcaster
- 1943 Birth - Susan Tolsky Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Come the Brides)
- 1943 British & US army link up in Africa during WW II
- 1944 Birth - Felicity Palmer British mezzo-soprano
- 1944 Birth - John Stax rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
- 1944 Birth - Judith McConnell Pittsburgh PA, actress (Sophia-Santa Barbara)
- 1944 Birth - [Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing)
- 1945 Birth - Bob Marley reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
- 1945 Birth - Rodney Bickerstaffe trade unionist
- 1945 Death - Benjamin M Telders president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
- 1945 First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa.
- 1945 Most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.
- 1946 Birth - Paul Beresford MP
- 1947 Birth - Jan Kees Wiebenga Dutch MP (VVD)
- 1947 Birth - Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
- 1947 Death - Vaclav Kapral composer, dies at 58
- 1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievements.
- 1949 Birth - Jane Actman New York NY, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
- 1949 Birth - Mary Maples Dunn college president (Smith College)
- 1949 Death - Stanley Christopherson cricketer (1884, MCC President during WWII), dies
- 1950 Birth - Dennis E Eckart (Representative-Democrat-OH, 1981- )
- 1951 Birth - Ralph Cooper Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
- 1951 Death - Halfdan Cleve composer, dies at 71
- 1952 Birth - Judith McConnell actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara)
- 1952 Birth - Marilu Henner Chicago IL, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Evening Shade)
- 1952 Birth - Udo Dirkshneider heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
- 1952 Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament
- 1953 Birth - Janet Lynn ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
- 1954 Birth - Judi Bowker Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans)
- 1956 Birth - Dilip Vengsarkar cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92)
- 1956 Birth - Mudassar Nazar cricketer (son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat)
- 1957 Birth - Maurizio Damilano Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
- 1957 Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
- 1957 NYC ends trolley car service
- 1958 Arnold Palmer wins first major golf tournament-the Masters
- 1959 Birth - Dianne Brill Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
- 1961 Birth - Mike Schuchart Omaha NE, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Tour Championship)
- 1961 Birth - Rory Bremner impressionist
- 1961 Death - Jules J B V Bordet Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90
- 1961 USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda.
- 1962 Birth - Stan Cullimore bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
- 1962 Death - J C Heldring Dutch businessman, dies at 74
- 1963 Birth - Lorenzo Lynch NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders)
- 1964 Birth - Bill Brooks NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
- 1964 Birth - Johnny Dee heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
- 1965 Birth - Gerald Diduck Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
- 1965 Birth - Rica Reinisch German Democratic Republic, 100 meter/200 meter backstroke (Olympics-gold-1980)
- 1965 Birth - Virginia Lee Australian rower (Olympics-96)
- 1965 In Dar es Salaam Tanzania Ottawa starts program to equip and train air force of Tanzania.
- 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite
- 1965 Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in synchronous orbit.
- 1966 Birth - Kymberly Paige Newport Beach CA, playmate (May 1987)
- 1966 Death - Julia Faye actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
- 1966 Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson 1897-1972 announces plans to promote bilingualism in the public service. (very expensive)
- 1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
- 1967 Birth - Derrick Fenner NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
- 1967 Birth - John Ratzenberger Bridgeport CT, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
- 1967 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev
- 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
- 1968 Birth - Chris Anderson Australian high jumper (Olympics-96)
- 1968 Death - Bobby Hutton US Black Panther leader, shot to death
- 1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
- 1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
- 1968 In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
- 1968 USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam
- 1969 Birth - Andy Harmon NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 Birth - Ari Meyers San Juan Puerto Rico, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie)
- 1969 Birth - Bret Boone El Cajon CA, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
- 1969 Birth - Brian Williams NBA center/forward (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers)
- 1970 Birth - Olaf Kolzig Johannesbourg Saf, NHL goalie (Washington Capitals)
- 1970 Birth - Oliver Miller NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
- 1970 Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed.
- 1971 Birth - Anthony Redmon guard (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1971 Birth - Tamara Henry Miss Arkansas-USA (1997)
- 1971 Birth - Tom Sorensen Racine WI, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Birth - Vivian Y Herding Albuquerque NM, Miss New Mexico-America (1996)
- 1971 Death - Igor F Stravinsky Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies in New York at 88
- 1972 Birth - Dickey Simpkins NBA forward (San Francisco Warriors, Chicago Bulls)
- 1972 Birth - Donald Blair CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1972 Birth - Hurvin McCormack NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1972 Birth - Jason Hervey actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
- 1972 Bomb explosion at the Cuban Trade Commission in Montreal kills one person.
- 1972 Death - Heinrich Lbke West Germany President (1959-69), dies at 77
- 1973 Birth - Donnie Edwards linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
- 1973 Birth - Randall Godfrey linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1973 Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
- 1974 Death - Willem Dudok Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
- 1974 Number one hit on UK music charts - Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
- 1975 Birth - Damon Phillip Pampolina rapper/drummer (Party)
- 1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo
- 1975 Chiang Kai-Shek Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
- 1976 Birth - Candace [Helaine] Cameron Bure Panorama City CA, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
- 1976 Birth - Simon Coombes Melbourne Victoria Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 1976 Birth - Soleil Moon Frye Glendora CA, actress (Punky Brewster)
- 1976 Death - Ruth P Thomson writer, dies
- 1976 The first quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
- 1977 In Iran a 6.0 earthquake was was centered about 800 kilometers northwest of Bandar Abbas. The earthquake killed at least 348, injured about 200
- 1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
- 1977 The Kingdome in Seattle opens
- 1978 Death - Nicolas Nabokov composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
- 1978 Death - Reinoud Anders Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
- 1979 Birth - Ali Burr Miss North Carolina Teen-USA (1997)
- 1979 Birth - Frederick MGDL Windsor son of English prince Michael
- 1979 Death - M Marie Widlow softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
- 1979 Death - Milton Ager US composer, dies at 85
- 1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
- 1980 Birth - Matthew Thomas Carey actor (Once You Meet a Stranger)
- 1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
- 1981 Death - Bob "The Bear" Hite singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
- 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
- 1983 Death - Ana Maria Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
- 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
- 1984 Death - Jimmy Kenndy British songwriter (South of the Border), dies
- 1984 Death - Ral Donner singer/narrator, dies at 41
- 1984 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
- 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
- 1986 American, James Connolly, wins first Olympic gold medal in mod history
- 1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
- 1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1989 President orders DOD to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
- 1990 Death - Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best-dressed woman) dies at 73
- 1990 Death - Ronald E Evans astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1990 Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best dress woman) dies at 73
- 1990 Liberals and Parti Quebecois team up to pass motion rejecting any modifications to Meech Lake accord; hours before Newfoundland rejection.
- 1990 Newfoundland Legislature votes to rescind support for Meech Lake accord.
- 1991 Death - Bill Ponsford cricketer (Test average 48 22, 1st-class average 65 18), dies
- 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
- 1992 A general strike is declared by communist groups in Nepal
- 1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
- 1992 Death - Isaac Asimov science fiction writer (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72
- 1992 Death - Molly Picon yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
- 1992 Futurist/author Isaac Asimov dies at age 72 of heart and kidney failure in New York.
- 1992 Isaac Asimov science fiction writer (I Robot), dies at 72
- 1992 Visitor posting - John Bowerman was born! - USA
- 1992 The Goderich Exeter Railway commences operations over the former CN line between Stratford Junction and Goderich and from Clinton Junction to Centralia in Ontario.
- 1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
- 1993 Branch Navy Hospital Adak responds to crash of civilian Chinese airline providing lifesaving treatment and medical evacuation of 89 injured passengers. Only one passenger out of 265 passengers died.
- 1993 Death - Divya Bharati "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
- 1993 Death - Hedi Amira Nouira PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies
- 1994 Death - Agatha Uwilingiyimana Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated
- 1994 Death - Cyprian Niayamira President of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated
- 1994 Death - Dick Cary jazz musician, dies at 77
- 1994 Death - Juvnal Habayarimana President of Rwanda (1973), assassinated
- 1994 Death - Patricia Louise Dalton chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75
- 1994 Death - Theo Bosch humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54
- 1994 The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvnal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
- 1995 Death - Vieno J Sukselainen PM of Finland (1959-61), dies
- 1996 Death - Greer Garson actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 92
- 1997 Death - Jack Kent Cooke NFL owner (Washington Redskins), dies at 84
- 1998 Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
- 2004 Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from the post by impeachment.
- 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
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