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1974  British miner's strike.   

1974  Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.   

1974  Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph   

1974  US Mariner 10 returns inaugural close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure   

1976  Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies.   

1976  Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath   

1976  Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69   

1977  "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67   

1977  General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio   

1977  Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his inaugural pro fight.   

1977  Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67.   

1978  Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded   

1978  Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83   

1979  Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time   

1979  Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies.   

1980  Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel   

1980  USS Coral Sea relieved Midway which had been on contingency operations in the Arabian Sea since the Iranian hostage crisis broke out in November 1979   

1981  Largest Jell-O made (9246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane   

1981  Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy   

1981  Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73.   

1982  DEA announces seizure of 3192 tons of marijuana, 495 people   

1982  Suriname President Chin A Sen steps down and flees to Netherlands.   

1982  Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56   

1983  Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial.   

1983  Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67.   

1984  New Zealand beat England (82 and 93) by an innings in 3 days.   

1986  Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline".   

1987  Dow Jones average closes above 2200 for inaugural time   

1987  Soyuz TM-2 launches   

1988  Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham   

1988  Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.   

1988  Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs.   

1988  The inaugural prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan   

1989  Kareem Abdul-Jabar is recorded as becoming inaugural NBA player to score 38000 points   

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0976  Sanjō: Emperor of japan   

1505  Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian   

1519  René of châlon:   

1534  Giovanni de' bardi: Italian writer   

1589  Honorat de brueil seigneur de racan: French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban manuel de villegas: Spanish poet   

1608  Gaspar schott: German mathematician   

1626  Marie de rabutin-chantal: Marquise de sévigné, french author   

0995  William iv: Duke of aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  Sten sture the younger: Regent of sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Death of Giovanni b moroni: Italian portrait painter,   

1591  Death of Gerard de jode: Flemish publisher,   

1658  Death of Maria margaretha van angels: Dutch prioress at oirschot,   

1679  Joost van den vondel: Dutch poet (gysbreght van aemstel),   

1705  Jean gilles: Composer,   

1721  James stanhope 1st earl of stanhope: English general,