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1973  Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72   

1974  2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee   

1974  St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base.   

1974  Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas and Papas), chokes to death in London at 32   

1975  Ford became inaugural US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz   

1975  Military staged coup in Nigeria.   

1975  James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54.   

1977  Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies.   

1978  600000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY.   

1978  Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m   

1978  Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings.   

1978  Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84   

1979  Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81   

1980  Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58.   

1981  Nearly four billion people in seventy-four countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Charles, heir to the British throne, to a young English schoolteacher named Lady Diana Spence   

1981  Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer   

1982  Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson   

1982  Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81   

1983  "Friday Night Videos" premiers on NBC TV.   

1983  (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor died   

1983  Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1207 consecutive game streak.   

1983  David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73   

1984  Summer Olympics opens in LA   

1984  Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84.   

1985  19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched.   

1985  James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69   

1987  Ben and Jerry's and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia.   

1987  Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies.   

1988  FDIC bails out inaugural Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion   

1988  Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989   

1988  Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit.   

1988  Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes sigh   

1988  South African govt bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"   

1988  Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86   

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1166  Henry ii of champagne: Henry ii of champagne (d. 1197)   

1590  Gilles hayne: Composer   

1605  Simon dach: German poet   

1620  Nicolaas heinsius: Dutch philologist/diplomat   

1646  Johann theile: German composer (adam & eve)   

1723  Christleib siegmund binder: Composer   

1739  Johannes ritschel: Composer   

1755  Franz gotz: Composer   

0238  Death of Pupienus: Roman emperor   

1030  Death of Olaf haraldsson: King of norway,   

1095  Ladislaus i arpad de heilige: King of hungary,   

1099  Urban ii: [odo van lagery], french pope (1088-99),   

1108  Death of Philip i: Co-king of france (1059, 1060-1108),   

1164  Olaf: King of norway,   

1507  Martin behaim: German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)   

1573  Death of Spanish prince of eboli: