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1973  Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War   

1973  Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders   

1973  George Morrison, dies at 82.   

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  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.   

1977  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

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.   

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

1578  Death of Giovanni b moroni: Italian portrait painter,   

1591  Gerard de jode: Flemish publisher,   

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

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

1705  Jean gilles: Composer,   

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