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1975  Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68.   

1976  Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74   

1977  Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82   

1979  Soyuz 33 returns to Earth.   

1980  Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies   

1981  inaugural launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot. Mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, and 20 minutes. Sixteen of the shuttle's heat-shielding silicon tiles were lost and 148 damaged during reentry.   

1981  inaugural space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable   

1981  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78.   

1982  3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot   

1982  Ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands.   

1983  Harold Washington is recorded as becoming Chicago's inaugural black mayor.   

1984  Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76.   

1985  16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn.   

1985  US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

1987  Texaco files for brankruptcy   

1987  Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90   

1988  Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies.   

1989  Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through   

1989  Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52   

1990  Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers.   

1990  Henry Kendrick, dies   

1991  2500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs.   

1991  US announces closing of 31 major US military bases   

1991  James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

1992  Earthquake rocks Germany   

1992  Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France   

1992  Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN   

1992  Trump Shuttle is recorded as becoming US Air Shuttle   

1992  Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61.   

1993  Aircraft from USS Theodore Roosevelt and NATO forces begin enforcing the no-fly zone over the Bosnia in Operation Deny Flight   

1993  Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies.   

1994  Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81.   

1995  Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56.   

1996  Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82   

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0812  Muhammad at-taqi: Muslim shia imam   

1484  Antonio da sangallo the younger: Italian architect   

1500  Joachim camerarius: [liebhard kammerer], german humanist   

1526  Muretus: French humanist   

1550  Edward de vere: 17th earl of oxford, english politician   

1577  Christian iv of denmark: Christian iv of denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de bassompierre: Marshal of france   

1626  Paul hainlein: Composer   

0065  Death of Seneca the younger: Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  Gordian ii: Heir to the roman empire (killed in battle)   

0352  Death of Julius i: Pope (337-52),   

0434  Death of Archbishop maximianus of constantinople: Archbishop maximianus of constantinople   

1125  Vladislaus i of bohemia: Vladislaus i of bohemia   

1443  Death of Henry chichele: Archbishop of canterbury   

1550  Claude of lorraine: Duke of guise,   

1555  Death of Johanna de wanzinnige: Queen of castilie (1504-20),