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1970  Byron Foulger actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70   

1970  Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson   

1970  Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70.   

1971  "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances.   

1971  Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec)   

1972  1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating   

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63   

1972  Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63   

1974  Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th.   

1975  C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon)   

1975  Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes   

1975  USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155   

1976  5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin   

1976  N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov.   

1976  In this year, Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party claims elections in Thailand   

1977  Sarah Michelle Gellar born.   

1977  Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82.   

1978  Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70.   

1979  Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77.   

1979  Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL.   

1979  Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan   

1979  Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77   

1980  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1981  Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56.   

1981  Henry Cisneros is recorded as becoming 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)   

1981  Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56.   

1982  11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little.   

1983  45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52.   

1983  6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched   

1983  Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment.   

1983  Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78.   

1984  Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London.   

1984  In this year, Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" starts his secret diary.   

1985  Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal.   

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0186  Caracalla: Roman emperor   

1492  Ambrosius blarer: German reformer   

1527  Abraham ortelius: [ortels/hortels], south neth geographer   

1572  William strachey: English writer   

1593  Edward nicholas: English statesman   

1646  Antoine galland: French archaeologist   

1648  Grinling gibbons: Sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-nicolas delisle: French astronomer   

0397  Ambrosius: Gov of liguria/bishop of milan (374-97)/saint,   

0636  Saint isidore of seville: Church father and the proposed patron of internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Death of Formosus: Pope (891-96),   

1229  Death of Hugo van pierrepont: Bishop of liege,   

1284  Alfonso x: "el sabio" king of castile/leon (1252-84),   

1292  Death of Nicholas iv: [girolamo masci], pope (1288-92),   

1305  Death of Jeanne of navarre: Wife of philip iv of france (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Death of Floris van wevelinkhoven: Bishop of utrecht,