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1985  Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia   

1985  NASA launches space vehicle S-209   

1985  Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92   

1986  Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73   

1987  Crossbow flight record (2005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada.   

1987  Michael Andretti runs quickest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)   

1987  Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion   

1987  Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70.   

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon   

1988  Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo   

1988  Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50.   

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)   

1988  Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86.   

1989  NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24.   

1989  John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52.   

1990  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV.   

1990  IBM gets out of typewriter business   

1990  Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait   

1990  Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies.   

1991  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida   

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA.   

1991  Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched.   

1991  Stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87   

1992  Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72   

1993  Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81.   

1994  NASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage.   

1994  George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85.   

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies.   

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75.   

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion   

1997  Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies.   

2007  Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.   

2007  The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people   

2007  Mweka ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 187 people   

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1313  Emperor kogon of japan: Emperor kogon of japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van herenthals: South netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor go-komatsu of japan: Emperor go-komatsu of japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan scorel: Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund ii augustus: King of poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew melville: Scottish theologian and religious reformer   

1555  Edward kelley: English spirit medium   

1579  Luís vélez de guevara: Spanish writer   

0527  Justinus i: Byzantine emperor (518-27),   

1137  Death of Louis vi: King of france,   

1190  Death of Floris iii: Count of holland,   

1227  Death of Shimazu tadahisa: Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  Death of Edmund of langley: 1st duke of york, son of edward iii of england (b. 1341)   

1457  Death of Laurentius valla: Italian philosopher (voluptate),   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' medici: Ruler of florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Simon grynaeus: German theologian (b. 1493)