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- 0030 Death - Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer)
- 0030 Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate)
- 0529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
- 0924 Death - Berengarius I Emperor of Italy, murdered
- 1348 Charles University is founded in Prague.
- 1444 Death - John Capreolus French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
- 1498 Death - Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), dies at 27
- 1506 Birth - St Francis Xavier Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
- 1521 Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
- 1524 Death - Philip of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht, dies
- 1534 Birth - Jos de Anchieta Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
- 1541 Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
- 1613 Birth - Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School)
- 1614 Death - El Greco Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown)
- 1614 El Greco Spanish painter, dies (birth date unknown)
- 1622 Birth - Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart
- 1629 Birth - Juan Jos of Austria, Spanish General/Governor of Netherlands
- 1648 Birth - Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter
- 1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa
- 1694 Birth - Coelestin Praelisauer composer
- 1699 Birth - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer
- 1712 A slave rebellion breaks out in New York City.
- 1712 Slave revolt (NYC)
- 1719 Death - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67
- 1727 Birth - Henri Hardouin composer
- 1727 Birth - Michel Adanson French biologist (Natural History of Sngal)
- 1745 Birth - Georg Druschetzky composer
- 1748 Birth - Georg Wenzel Ritter composer
- 1756 Birth - Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31)
- 1763 Birth - Domenico Dragonetti composer
- 1766 Death - Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at 81
- 1767 Death - Franz Sparry composer, dies at 51
- 1768 Birth - Karl Theodor Toeschi composer
- 1768 Death - Michel Mathieu composer, dies at 78
- 1770 Birth - William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude)
- 1772 Birth - F M Charles Fourier French socialist
- 1775 Birth - Francis C Lowell founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
- 1778 Death - Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at 52
- 1780 Birth - William Ellery Channing US, Unitarian clergyman
- 1783 Death - Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at 71
- 1786 Birth - William Rufus DeVane King (D) 13th US Vice President (1853)
- 1788 First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
- 1789 Death - Abdl-Hamid I 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64
- 1789 Death - Peter Camper anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66
- 1795 France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.
- 1798 Territory of Mississippi organized
- 1798 The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.
- 1801 Birth - Henry Eagle Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
- 1803 Birth - Flora Tristan writer
- 1803 Death - [Franois Dominique] Toussaint L'Ouverture Haitian revolutionary, dies
- 1805 Birth - Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Governor-SC, Confederacy), died in 1869
- 1805 First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony (Eroica).
- 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
- 1810 Death - Pieter L van de Kasteele Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 61
- 1819 Birth - Hubert Leonard composer
- 1820 Birth - Gyrgy Klapka Hungarian General/MP (Komrom-castle)
- 1822 Birth - Gershom Mott Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1826 Birth - Johann Hermann Berens composer
- 1827 John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match. He had invented it in the previous year.
- 1827 Visitor posting - John Walker sells his new invention in Stockton UK - Matches - United Kingdom
- 1829 Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- 1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil
- 1833 Death - Antoni Henryk Radziwill Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
- 1841 Birth - Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanicus
- 1841 Birth - Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter
- 1842 Death - Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
- 1847 Birth - J P Jacobsen writer
- 1850 Death - William Lisle Bowles English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87
- 1851 Birth - Otto Adolf Klauwell composer
- 1856 Foundation of Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand.
- 1858 Birth - Adrien H Gerhard Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)
- 1858 Death - Anton Diabelli Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
- 1859 Birth - Walter Camp Connecticut, father of American football (Yale)
- 1860 Birth - W K Kellogg a real corn flake
- 1862 Death - Sydney Nelson composer, dies at 62
- 1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn
- 1862 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia
- 1862 Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh
- 1864 The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California.
- 1867 Johnson C. Smith University is established.
- 1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers Of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, the only one at the federal level.
- 1869 Birth - David Grandison Fairchild US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US
- 1870 Birth - Gustav Landauer German socialist
- 1870 Birth - Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron
- 1871 Death - Alexander grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old
- 1871 Death - Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
- 1872 Birth - William Monroe Trotter famous African
- 1875 Death - Georg Herwegh writer, dies at 57
- 1877 Death - Errico Petrella composer, dies at 63
- 1878 Birth - C M M Hathorn cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)
- 1878 Birth - Jozef C Bittremieux Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)
- 1880 Death - Diederich Krug composer, dies at 58
- 1880 V Knorre discovers asteroid #215 Oenone
- 1881 Death - Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte Corsican MP, dies at 65
- 1882 Birth - Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian representative 1928-33)
- 1882 Birth - Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
- 1884 Birth - Charles Dodd English new testament authority
- 1884 Birth - Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal Dutch politician/resistance fighter
- 1884 Death - Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80
- 1889 Birth - Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolacin, Tenderness)/Nobel 1945
- 1890 Birth - Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
- 1890 Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- 1891 Death - P[hineas] T Barnum US circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80
- 1891 Nebraska introduces the 8 hour work day
- 1891 PT Barnum circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80
- 1893 Birth - Allan W Dulles US diplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany's Underground)
- 1893 Birth - Irene Castle dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
- 1894 Birth - Gerald Brenan English writer
- 1895 Birth - Eduardo Toldra composer
- 1895 Birth - Lewis B Combs naval commander/civil engineer
- 1896 Birth - Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25)
- 1897 Birth - Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer
- 1897 Birth - Walter Winchell Harlem New York NY, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
- 1899 Birth - Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Dimer)
- 1900 Birth - Tebbs Lloyd Johnson England, 50K walker (Olympics-bronze-1952)
- 1903 Birth - Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rssl)
- 1906 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- 1906 The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
- 1908 Birth - Le Duan Vietnamese politician
- 1908 Birth - Percy Faith conductor (Summer Place)
- 1908 H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
- 1912 Birth - John Adrian Hope politician/businessman
- 1912 Birth - Valre Depauw Flemish writer
- 1914 Birth - Sydney Thompson rock climber
- 1915 Birth - Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia PA, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business)
- 1915 Birth - Henry Kuttner US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner)
- 1917 Birth - R G Armstrong Birmingham AL, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
- 1917 Death - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras composer, dies at 53
- 1918 Birth - C B Bertie Clarke cricketer (Barbados & West Indian leg-spinner)
- 1918 Birth - Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
- 1918 Birth - Peter Aryans [PCJ Vander] Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out)
- 1918 Birth - Ronald Howard Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style)
- 1919 Birth - Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy, pe (Olympics-gold-1952)
- 1919 Birth - Ralph Flanagan Loraine OH, orchestra leader (Let's Dance)
- 1920 Birth - Ravi Shankar Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
- 1920 Birth - Terence Edward Armstrong polar geographer
- 1922 Birth - Kenneth Howard Peacock composer
- 1922 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair
- 1922 Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
- 1924 Birth - Harry Cordon comic/host (Fred Hach Show)
- 1924 Birth - Ikuma Dan composer
- 1924 Birth - Nick Perito Denver CO, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
- 1926 Birth - Johannes Rood Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant)
- 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo Calif)
- 1927 First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, DC to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
- 1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Wash DC to NYC
- 1928 44-yr old NY Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montreal Maroons 2-1
- 1928 A 45-year-old retired goalie by the name of Lester Patrick stepped in to save a game and the Rangers went on to beat Montreal and win the Stanley Cup in the final game of the series.
- 1928 Birth - Alan J Pakula director (All the President's Men, Klute)
- 1928 Birth - James White UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
- 1928 Birth - James [Scott Bumgarner] Garner Norman OK, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
- 1930 Birth - Andrew Sachs actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
- 1931 Birth - Daniel Ellsberg whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
- 1931 Birth - Donald Barthelme Philadelphia PA, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
- 1931 Visitor posting - leora johnson mcfarland born - USA
- 1932 Birth - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins Indianola MS, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money)
- 1932 Death - Erv A Kelley US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
- 1933 Birth - Wayne Rogers Birmingham AL, actor (MASH, House Calls, Chiefs)
- 1933 Death - Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered
- 1933 Prohibition was repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of XXI amendment.
- 1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
- 1934 Birth - Ian Richards Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
- 1934 Death - William Monroe Trotter civil rights activist/journalist, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston
- 1934 William Monroe Trotter dies at 62 in Boston
- 1935 Birth - Bobby Bare Irontown OH, country singer (Detroit City)
- 1935 Birth - Hodding Carter III press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
- 1935 Birth - Yvonne Fedderson co-founder (Childhelp USA)
- 1937 Birth - [Big] Charlie Thomas New York NY, jazz/rock singer (Drifters)
- 1938 Birth - Freddie Hubbard Indianapolis IN, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
- 1938 Birth - Yvonne Lime Glendale CA, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis)
- 1938 Birth - [Edmund G] Jerry Brown Jr San Francisco CA, (Governor-Democrat-CA, 1975-83)
- 1939 Birth - David Frost Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
- 1939 Birth - Donald L Holmquest Dallas TX, astronaut
- 1939 Birth - Francis Ford Coppola Detroit MI, film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti)
- 1939 Italy annexes Albania
- 1939 World War II: Italy invades Albania.
- 1940 Birth - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer
- 1940 Birth - Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip)
- 1940 Booker T. Washington became the first black to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.
- 1941 Canadian merchant ship S.S. Portadoc, (Great Lakes freighter) was torpedoed by the U-124 off Freetown south Africa
- 1942 Birth - Edda Barends actress (Arthur & Eva)
- 1943 Birth - Dennis Amiss cricketer (prolific English batsman)
- 1943 Birth - Mick Abrahams Luton Bedfordshire England, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-This Was)
- 1943 Birth - Roberta Shore [Schourup] Monterey Park CA, actress/singer (Virginian)
- 1943 Birth - Spencer Dryden New York NY, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
- 1943 Death - Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72
- 1943 Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka. They were then shot dead and buried in ditches.
- 1945 Kantaro Suzuki becomes the 42nd Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1945 World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route on a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
- 1945 World War II: Visoko was liberated by the 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
- 1946 Birth - Barbara Benary composer
- 1946 Birth - Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
- 1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
- 1946 Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
- 1947 Birth - Patricia Bennett US singer (He's So Fine)
- 1948 Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
- 1948 The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
- 1948 World Health Organization established by UN
- 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances)
- 1949 Birth - John Oates guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
- 1949 The Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein musical classic of love and war," South Pacific", unfolded on a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut trees on this night in 1949.
- 1950 Death - Walter Huston dies at 66
- 1951 Ben Hogan wins Masters golf tournament
- 1951 Birth - Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17)
- 1951 Birth - John Dittrich Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
- 1952 Birth - Bruce Gary Burbank CA, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
- 1952 Birth - Jane Frederick US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976)
- 1953 Birth - Everard Endt US, yachting (Olympics-gold-1952)
- 1953 Dag Hammarskj”ld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary
- 1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1660 Wood
- 1953 The first west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
- 1954 Birth - Donna White LPGA golfer
- 1954 Birth - Jackie Chan martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
- 1954 Birth - Tony Dorsett NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy)
- 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
- 1955 Anthony Eden of the Conservative Party, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1955 Birth - Andrea Fisher artist
- 1955 Death - Theda Bara actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
- 1956 Arthur Hailey had a script accepted and presented just 20 days after it was submitted to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The drama, " Flight into Danger" had an unprecedented audience response. A number of years later, Arthur Hailey also wrote the best-selling novel, " Airport " which was then adapted for the popular movie by the same title.
- 1956 Birth - Gail Lee Hirata LPGA golfer
- 1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
- 1958 Birth - Alexandra Neil Boston MA, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
- 1958 Birth - Tony Ayre rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
- 1958 Death - Judge Jackson composer, dies at 75
- 1958 Death - Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov composer, dies at 58
- 1959 Radar first bounced off sun, Stanford Calif
- 1960 Birth - Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
- 1961 Death - Jesus Guridi composer, dies at 74
- 1961 Death - Marian Jordan radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
- 1961 Death - Yusef Greiss composer, dies at 61
- 1961 Marian Jordan radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
- 1962 Birth - Andy Hampsten Columbus OH, cyclist (Olympics-96)
- 1962 Birth - Bonny Warner Mount Baldy CA, lugist
- 1962 Birth - Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor actor (In the Heat of the Night)
- 1963 Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
- 1963 Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.
- 1964 Birth - Helen Wadsworth S Wales, golfer (Curtis Cup 1990)
- 1964 Birth - Joe Durant Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th)
- 1964 IBM announces the System/360.
- 1965 Birth - Alexander Mronz Cologne Germany, tennis star
- 1965 Birth - Kaushik Amalean cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88)
- 1966 Birth - Teri Ann Linn Honolulu HI, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
- 1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor finally
- 1967 Birth - Steve Wisniewski NFL guard (Oakland Raiders)
- 1967 Death - Anne Morrison Chapin dies in West Hollywood
- 1968 Birth - Bill Bellamy actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker)
- 1968 Birth - Don[ald] Smith North Tonawanda NY, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
- 1968 Death - Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champion, dies in race car at 32
- 1968 Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car
- 1969 Birth - Clark Sheehan Denver CO, cyclist (Olympics-96)
- 1969 Birth - Jeremy Lincoln NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
- 1969 Birth - Peggy Clasen St Paul MN, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
- 1969 Birth - Ricky Bones Salinas Puerto Rico, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees)
- 1969 Birth - Ricky Watters NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
- 1970 Birth - Alexander Karpovtsev Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
- 1970 Birth - Kevin Smith NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1970 Death - Josina Machel wife of Mozambique's 1st President Samora Machel, dies
- 1970 John Wayne, a movie veteran of over 200 films, won his first and only Oscar.
- 1971 Birth - Cara Kendra Bernosky Miss Pennsylvania-USA (1997)
- 1971 Birth - Mark Thompson Russellville KY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
- 1971 Birth - Stephen Brimacombe Australian 100 meter/200 meter (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Birth - Victor Kraatz Berlin Germany, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champions-4th)
- 1971 Death - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges (Olympics-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74
- 1971 U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
- 1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
- 1972 Birth - Greg Clark tight end (San Francisco 49ers)
- 1972 Birth - Joanne Brown Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
- 1972 Birth - Lovett Purnell wide receiver (New England Patriots)
- 1972 Birth - Malcolm Huckaby NBA guard (Miami Heat)
- 1972 Birth - Shana Williams Bridgeton NJ, long jumper/heptathlete
- 1972 Death - "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
- 1972 Death - Abeid Karume Tanzanian sheik/President, murdered
- 1972 Death - Victor Wong actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
- 1973 Death - Nick Stuart bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
- 1973 Number one hit on UK music charts - Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
- 1973 Vicki Lawrence got her number one single as "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" made it to the top of the pop charts.
- 1974 Birth - Anita Maxwell WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers)
- 1975 Birth - Beverly Peele super model (Elle)
- 1975 Birth - Ronde Barber cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- 1975 Birth - Tiki Barber running back (New York Giants)
- 1975 Birth - Victoria Adams "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls)
- 1976 Birth - Erich Goldmann Dingolfing Germany, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
- 1976 Death - Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
- 1976 Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party, leaving Prime Minister James Callaghan in power.
- 1976 Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
- 1977 Death - Siegfried Buback German Federal Republic procureur-General, murdered Attorney-General
- 1977 German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
- 1978 Birth - Siobhan Drake-Brockman Bunbury Australia, tennis star (1994 Port Pirie)
- 1978 Death - Ernest Kanitz composer, dies at 83
- 1978 Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
- 1978 Pres Carter defers production of the neutron bomb
- 1979 Death - Bruno Apitz writer, dies at 78
- 1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
- 1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
- 1980 The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
- 1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
- 1982 Brenda Benet actress, commits suicide by gun at 36
- 1982 Death - Brenda Benet actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
- 1983 Death - Gavin Gordon television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
- 1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
- 1983 Gavin Gordon television actor, dies at 82
- 1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave & Don Peterson first STS spacewalk
- 1984 Death - Frank Church (Senator-Democrat-OH, 1957-81), dies at 59
- 1984 Death - Samuel G Engel screenwriter/poet, dies of heart failure at 79
- 1984 Samuel C Engel screenwriter, dies of heart failure at 79
- 1986 Visitor posting - i m engineer - Pakistan [email protected]
- 1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
- 1987 Death - Maxine Sullivan [Williams] American actress (Going Places), dies at 75
- 1988 Death - Cesar Bresgen Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
- 1989 Death - Tikhon Toropets patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?)
- 1989 NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
- 1989 Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
- 1990 30 die when a ferry flips over in Burma
- 1990 Farm Aid IV concert
- 1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway,
- 1990 Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was reversed on appeal).
- 1990 John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
- 1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
- 1992 Death - Alix Talton former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
- 1992 Death - Clovis Ruffin fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46
- 1992 Death - Rick Emery dies after long illness at 39
- 1992 Republika Srpska announces its independence.
- 1993 Death - Max Croiset Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
- 1993 Death - Richard Schmiechen dies of AIDS at 45
- 1993 Death - S C (Billy) Griffith cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC secretary), dies
- 1994 Death - Agathe Uwilingiyimana PM of Rwanda, assassinated
- 1994 Death - Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann German/US historian, dies at 85
- 1994 Death - Arthur Gordon Clough journalist, dies at 59
- 1994 Death - Evert Hartman Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
- 1994 Death - Franois de Grossouvre President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76
- 1994 Death - Kurt Cobain grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27
- 1994 Death - Lee Brilleaux British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
- 1994 Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
- 1995 Death - Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb architect, dies at 68
- 1996 Death - Ian Spurling ballet designer, dies at 59
- 1999 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
- 2001 Mars Odyssey is launched.
- 2003 U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
- 2004 Visitor posting - Piper E J Sampel died stilllborn. Heaven and hell trimbled in fear of her father. - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - Kingston S. N is born to Patrocinio N. and Cheri S.N. - USA
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