1974 Walter E Washington, becomes first elected mayor of Wash DC

1976 The latest model of the Sea Cobra helicopter, the AH-1T, was turned over to the Marine Corps from Bell Helicopter Textron for further testing.

1977 Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75

1978 Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

1979 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70

1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, & possession of cocaine

1982 George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album

1982 Jacques Tati actor/director, dies of pulmonary embolism

1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden

1987 Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic

1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana

1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage

1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)

1989 Barry Sadler singer (Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn

1989 US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

1989 Vladamir Horowitz pianist, dies at 85

1991 Fred MacMurray actor (My Three Sons), dies at 84

1991 Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at age 83.

1991 Robert Maxwell Billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68

1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected to a record third term as President

1913 The birth of Vivien Leigh, British actress

1941 The birth of Art Garfunkel, American Singer

1963 The birth of Tatum O'Neal, American actress

2006 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and two of his senior allies are sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court finds them guilty of crimes against humanity.

2007 The Writers Guild of America goes on strike.

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