Page 8: Historical Events In July - 06

1972  Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash   

1972  Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash.   

1973  Patrick McVey actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63.   

1973  Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80.   

1974  Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87   

1975  Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)   

1975  near Wetaskiwin Alberta, a hailstone weighing 249 grams falls(almost 9 oz. for those still Imperial measures)   

1975  Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies   

1976  inaugural women enter Naval Academy.   

1976  Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station.   

1977  Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69   

1978  Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut   

1979  Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35   

1980  Gail Patrick actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69.   

1980  Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69.   

1982  Russell Thorson actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72   

1982  Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72.   

1983  Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less.   

1986  A coup led by pro-Marcos supporters in the Philippines fails   

1987  The inaugural of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India.   

1988  Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico   

1988  Off Scotland, two Canadians among 167 crew members killed as gas leak leads to explosion and fire on the Occidental Petroleum drill rig Piper Alpha in the North Sea; 64 survivors rescued.   

1989  After 9 years, WHOT (Bkln pirate radio station) is busted by the FCC   

1989  Janos Kádár, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77.   

1990  "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premiers   

1990  In Java a 5.8 quake injured at least 103 people and about 10300 houses, mosques and public buildings damaged or destroyed   

1990  In Ottawa Ontario, a burst pipe at National Archives damages 100 atlases dating between 1490 and 1600, 2000 books; and a collection of 150 year old manuscripts   

1990  Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41   

1991  Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini for Wimbeldon championship   

1991  Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78.   

1992  Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies.   

1993  Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84   

1994  Gary Kildall, software pioneer, killed in bar brawl Gary Kildall, inventor of an early personal computer operating system, was killed in a brawl at a biker bar in Monterey, California, on this day in 1994.   

1994  Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75.   

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1542  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of willem/juliana van stolberg   

1580  Johann stobaeus: Composer   

1632  Albert schop: Composer   

1638  Gerrit a berckheyde: Dutch painter   

1668  Peter burmannus: [pieter burman], dutch attorney/classicist   

1678  Nicola francesco haym: Composer   

1686  Antoine de jussieu: French naturalist   

1702  Franz anton maichelbeck: Composer   

1189  Death of Henry ii: King of england (1154-89),   

1218  Death of Eudes iii: Duke of burgundy (b. 1166)   

1415  Death of Jan hus: Burned for heresy by the church at constance, germany   

1476  Death of Regiomontanus: [johannes muller of königsberg],   

1480  Antonio squarcialupi: Composer,   

1533  Death of Ludovico ariosto: Italian poet (orlando furioso),   

1535  Thomas more: Philosopher (utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  Edward vi tudor: King of england (1547-53),