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1965  Alan Bunce actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61   

1965  Edward R Murrow newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57.   

1965  RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper   

1967  Expo '67 opens in Montreal   

1968  Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title   

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65.   

1970  Arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73   

1970  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2469 Tadjikistan   

1972  Apollo 16 returns to Earth   

1972  Kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62.   

1972  NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported   

1973  Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies.   

1974  Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107   

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86   

1977  H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel   

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61   

1978  Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered   

1979  In this year, George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone".   

1981  Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach   

1981  The inaugural female soccer official is hired by the NASL   

1982  Tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85   

1982  Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins   

1983  Nolan Ryan is recorded as becoming strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson   

1984  Asteroid #3625 discovered.   

1984  Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63.   

1986  Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO.   

1987  US Justice Dept bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II   

1989  Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China.   

1989  Mandatory seatbelt law comes into force in Italy   

1990  50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich).   

1990  Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery   

1991  Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83.   

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1410  John van lannoy: Flemish governor of holland/zealand/west frisia   

1495  Suleiman the magnificent: Sultan of the ottoman empire   

1623  Johann adam reincken: Composer   

1650  Charlotte amalie of hesse-kassel (or hesse-cassel): Queen of denmark and norway   

1701  Charles emanuel i: King of sardinia   

1707  John burman: Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas lewis: Irish-born virginia settler   

1724  Ferdinand philipp joseph lobkowitz: Composer   

0630  King ardashir iii of persia: King ardashir iii of persia   

1076  Willem: Bishop of utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl floris i,   

1124  Death of Alexander i: King of scotland (1107-24),   

1404  Death of Philip: The stout, duke of burgundy,   

1521  Death of Ferdinand magellan: World traveler, killed by filipino natives at 50   

1599  Death of Maeda toshiie: Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  Death of Leo xi: [alessandro o de' medici], italian pope (1605),   

1613  Robert abercromby: Scottish jesuit (b. 1532)