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1952  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76   

1953  Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game.   

1954  "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs   

1956  45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0).   

1957  Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66.   

1959  Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game   

1959  Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70.   

1960  France performs nuclear test.   

1961  "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs   

1962  28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB).   

1964  Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game.   

1966  "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs   

1968  Apollo 8 returns to Earth.   

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2844 performances   

1970  "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances.   

1972  Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. 'Mike' Pearson 1897-1972 dies at age 75;.   

1972  New North Korean constitution comes into effect.   

1972  "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances.   

1972  Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75   

1973  LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8   

1974  FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party   

1974  40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)   

1974  Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66   

1975  Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)   

1976  Albania constitution comes into force.   

1978  King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution.   

1978  Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62   

1979  "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV   

1979  Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG   

1979  Russia invades Afghanistan.   

1979  Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown   

1979  Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered   

1981  Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82   

1982  John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51   

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1390  Anne de mortimer: Claimant to the english throne   

1555  Johann arndt: German lutherian theologist   

1571  Johannes kepler: German astronomer   

1645  Giovanni adb viscardi: Swiss architect, baptized   

1654  Jean/jacobus bernouilli: Swiss mathematician   

1683  Conyers middleton: English minister   

1709  Pieter de swart: Dutch architect (royal palace, hague)   

1715  Philippe de noailles: Duc de mouchy, french soldier   

0418  Zosimus: Greek pope (417-8),   

0975  Balderik: Bishop of utrecht (918-75),   

1065  Ferdinand i: The great, king of castile,   

1076  Prince svyatoslav ii of kiev: Prince svyatoslav ii of kiev (b. 1027)   

1381  Edmund mortimer: 3rd earl of march, english politician   

1548  Death of Francesco spiera: Italian protestant jurist (b. 1502)   

1590  Emmanuel-philibert of lalaing: Marquis of renty,   

1595  Death of Pietro pontio: Composer,