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1944  Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed.   

1944  Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62.   

1945  Bill Clinton, 45th US President is born.   

1945  Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds and claims.   

1945  Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875)   

1947  J Arens and D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A   

1947  Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67   

1950  ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch).   

1951  Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit.   

1953  England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0   

1954  Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN.   

1954  Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73.   

1955  Hurricane Diane results in the deaths of 200 and is the inaugural billion $ damage storm (N.E. US).   

1955  32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record).   

1956  In this year, Fay Crocker claims LPGA St Louis Golf Open.   

1957  NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958   

1958  NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters.   

1958  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63   

1959  Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ.   

1959  Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78.   

1960  American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage   

1960  Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)   

1962  Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90   

1967  Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1.   

1967  Operation Coronado IV begins in Mekong Delta   

1967  Carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84   

1968  Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44   

1969  British army takes over policing of Northern Ireland   

1971  Walther Victor, writer, dies   

1973  George Papadopoulos is recorded as becoming the inaugural president of Greece   

1973  Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years   

1974  ... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered.   

1976  Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention.   

1976  Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75.   

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1342  Katharine of bohemia: Duchess of bavaria   

1398  Marqués de santillana: Spanish poet   

1521  Lodovico guicciardini: Italian historian (descrittione di tutti)   

1557  Frederick i: Duke of württemberg   

1558  Paulus merula: Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  Henry rich: 1st earl of holland, english soldier   

1596  Elisabeth stuart: English daughter of james i   

1596  Elizabeth stuart: Electress palatine and queen of bohemia   

0440  Death of Sixtus iii: Italian pope (432-40),   

0472  Death of Ricimer: Barbaars general,   

1186  Death of Geoffrey ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1158)   

1245  Death of Ramon berenguer iv: Count of provence (b. 1195)   

1284  Alphonso: Earl of chester, son of edward i of england (b. 1273)   

1297  Death of Saint louis of toulouse: French catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

1493  Frederick iii of innsbruck: German emperor (1440-1493),   

1580  Death of Andrea palladio: Architect/writer (il redentore, venice),