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1963  AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14.   

1963  Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76   

1964  Karol Wojtyla is recorded as becoming archbishop of Krakow   

1964  USS Manley evacuates 54 American and 36 allied nationals after Zanzibar government is overthrown   

1966  inaugural black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD).   

1967  Coup in Togo.   

1967  Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show   

1968  "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances.   

1968  Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam.   

1968  Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th).   

1968  Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later   

1969  Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album.   

1969  Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies.   

1971  Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65   

1976  Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53   

1978  Former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dies in Waverly, Minnesota, at age 66.   

1978  Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn   

1979  Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam.   

1979  YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song.   

1979  Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

1980  Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium.   

1980  Togo's constitution is recorded as becoming effective.   

1980  Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78   

1981  Barbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minutes for 30 minutes.   

1981  Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83.   

1982  Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame.   

1982  Seventy-eight people die in Washington, D.C., when an Air Florida 737 crashes into a bridge after takeoff and falls into the Potomac River   

1982  Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69.   

1983  Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74   

1985  99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course   

1985  Express train derails in Ethiopia, results in the deaths of at least 428.   

1985  Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42.   

1986  Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen.   

1986  NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams.   

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1334  King henry ii of castile: King henry ii of castile (d. 1379)   

1381  St colette: Abbess/reformer (poor clares)   

1406  Matteo palmieri: Italian writer (della vita civile)   

1505  Joachim ii hector: Ruler (brandenburg)   

1562  Mark alexander boyd: Scottish poet   

1596  Jan j goyen: Dutch landscape painter   

1610  Maria anna of austria: Electress of bavaria   

1616  Antoinette bourignon: Flemish mystic/french religious fanatic   

0086  Gaius marius: Roman general and politician (b. 157 bc)   

0533  Death of Remigius van reims: 1st bishop of reims (459-533)/saint,   

0858  Death of Aethelwolf: King of wessex (battle at aclea),   

0888  Death of Charles iii: The fat one, king of franconia/roman emperor,   

1049  Death of Derrick iv: Count of holland (1039-49),   

1138  Simon i: Duke of lorraine (b. 1076)   

1151  Abbot suger: French statesman and historian (b. 1081)   

1177  Death of Hendrik jasomirgott babenberg: Duke of austria,