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1979  Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86   

1980  Alfred Hitchcock Diedfrom Liver Failure and Heart Problems.   

1980  Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, steps down   

1980  Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.   

1980  Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies.   

1981  Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79.   

1982  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans and #3253 Gradie.   

1982  L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel.   

1982  Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66   

1983  Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies.   

1984  Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80   

1986  Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster   

1987  Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua.   

1988  Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; results in the deaths of stewardess   

1988  NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes.   

1989  Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77   

1990  "Chorus Line" closes on Broadway after 6137 performances (15 yrs).   

1990  Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies.   

1991  Ken Curtis actor (Gunsmoke), dies at 74.   

1991  Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched   

1991  Ken Curtis, American actor is born.   

1991  Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies.   

1992  Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82   

1993  SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat ships, but not to ground combat positions.   

1993  Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47   

1995  Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67   

1996  Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84.   

1997  Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45.   

2001  Dennis Tito, a millionaire, is recorded as becoming the inaugural space tourist.   

2012  Tent collapse in St Louis, Missouri, results in the deaths of one and injures 110 people   

2013  8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan.   

2014  Craig Ferguson announces he will leave "The Late Late Show" at the end of 2014   

2017  Gwyneth Paltrow brand Goop and Condé Nast announce they will be launching a quarterly publication together   

2018  Shaquem Griffin is the inaugural one-handed person to be drafted into the NFL, for the Seattle Seahawks.   

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1442  Edward iv: King of england (1461-70, 71-83)   

1545  Yi sun-sin: Korean admiral   

1592  George villiers: 1st duke of buckingham/english admiral   

1630  Charles cotton: English poet   

1686  Michael brokoff: Czech sculptor   

1715  Franz sparry: Composer   

1748  Lorenz justinian ott: Composer   

1750  Paul ignaz kurzinger: Composer   

1089  Death of Dirk de grote: Bishop of verdun/basel/archbishop of trier,   

1109  Death of Hugo van cluny: 6th abbott of cluny/saint,   

1192  Death of Conrad of montferrat (conrad i): King of jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)   

1498  Henry percy: 4th earl of northumberland, english politician   

1533  Nicholas west: English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)   

1710  Death of Thomas betterton: English actor   

1716  Death of Louis de montfort: French catholic priest (b. 1673)   

1726  Thomas pitt: British governor of madras (b. 1653)