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1967  Military coup in Greece.   

1967  Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC.   

1967  Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)   

1967  Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77.   

1968  Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

1968  Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69.   

1969  Record 1152 starters compete in Boston Marathon   

1970  Canadian Pacific unveils Canada's inaugural double-deck passenger train comprising nine air-conditioned cars built by Canadian Vickers Limited at a cost of $2.8 million. The cars went into operation April 27 on the Montreal Lakeshore suburban service.   

1971  Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81.   

1971  Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

1972  Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon   

1972  John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16).   

1972  Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14).   

1972  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched   

1973  Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66   

1975  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural Boston Marathon in 2 9 55   

1975  Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu steps down after 10 years.   

1975  Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70.   

1975  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural Boston Marathon in 2:9:55.   

1976  A Cadillac convertible, the"last" American-made rag-top automobile, rolled off the assembly line at GM’s Cadillac production facility in Detroit, MI. This ended a tradition that began in 1916   

1976  Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing   

1977  Broadway play "Annie" opens, inaugural of 2377 performances.   

1977  Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84   

1978  Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37   

1980  In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course.   

1981  Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies.   

1982  Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80.   

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2991   

1982  Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80   

1983  Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?].   

1983  Walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80.   

1984  "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour.   

1984  After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose".   

1984  Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph   

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1488  Ulrich von hutten: German poet/humanist/patriot   

1546  Arcangelo crivelli: Composer   

1555  Ludovico carracci: Italian painter   

1619  John a van riebeeck: Colonial director/founder (cape colony)   

1651  Blessed joseph vaz: Apostle of ceylon   

1652  Michel rolle: French mathematician   

1671  John law: Scottish economist   

1672  Johann philipp kafer: Composer   

1073  Death of Alexander ii: [anselmo da baggio], pope (1061-73),   

1109  Death of Anselmus: Philosopher/archbishop of canterbury,   

1142  Pierre abélard: French writer (b. 1079)   

1329  Frederick iv: Duke of lorraine (b. 1282)   

1509  Death of Henry vii: 1st tudor king of england (1485-1509),   

1551  Death of Oda nobuhide: Japanese warlord (b. 1510)   

1552  Death of Peter apianus: [bennewitz/bienewitz], german astronomer,   

1557  Petrus apianus: German mathematician (b. 1495)