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1963  Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58.   

1964  "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances.   

1965  Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission.   

1965  "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances   

1966  Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS.   

1966  Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico.   

1967  The British traitor Kim Philby made a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' in Moscow.   

1968  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  Britain abolishes death penalty   

1969  "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances.   

1970  "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 perfs.   

1971  People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic.   

1971  Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61   

1972  US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam.   

1973  Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days   

1973  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64.   

1974  San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens.   

1976  George Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies   

1977  Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80.   

1978  John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires, is executed in Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had allegedly been responsible for some incidences of vigilante justice in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.   

1979  Stanley Barrett inaugural to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH).   

1980  Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden   

1980  Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76   

1981  Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide.   

1982  Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds   

1982  Raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies   

1984  Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live) and actress Jamie Lee Curtis are married in Los Angeles   

1985  UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"   

1986  Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies.   

1987  Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari   

1987  Federal Judge Morris E. Lasker sentenced Ivan Boesky,the once mighty arbitrageur to a three-year prison term.   

1989  "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for inaugural time in over 30 years.   

1990  Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87   

1991  DeForest Kelly, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek, gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame   

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1507  ÅŒuchi yoshitaka: Japanese warlord   

1562  Philipp dulichius: Composer   

1569  Jakob hassler: Composer   

1602  Simonds d'ewes: English antiquarian and politician   

1610  Charles du fresne du cange: French scholar/philologist   

1620  Heinrich roth: German sanskrit scholar   

1633  Adriaen melar: Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  Willem van de velde the young: Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  Huna mari bar mar zutra: Rabbi, executed in pumpedita   

0821  Theodulf: Bishop of orléans   

1133  Death of Hildebert: French writer   

1290  King magnus i of sweden: King magnus i of sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  Pierre cauchon: French catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

1495  King alphonso ii of naples: King alphonso ii of naples (b. 1448)   

1505  Death of John ix van horne: Prince-bishop of lieges, executed   

1565  Benedetto varchi: Italian humanist/historian (l'ercolano),