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1968 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76. 
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House.
1972 Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79
1976 The Navy phased out the last C-117 (Douglas DC-3), perhaps the most famous transport plane of all time. The last C-117 was flown from Pensacola to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, the boneyard for obsolete military aircraft.
1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life.
1978 In Japan a 7.5 quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The shock was centered about 909 kilometers east of Sendai.
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests.
1980 Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1982 A rally against the nuclear arms race brings 800000 demonstrators into New York's Central Park.
1983 Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82
1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1986 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76
1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87.
1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids.
1989 Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80.
1990 In Winnipeg Manitoba, Elijah Harper uses rules of procedure to block the introduction of the resolution ratifying the Meech Lake Accord in the Manitoba legislature.
1990 Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies.
1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92.
1995 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75
1996 Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78
2009 Protes in Iran following e presidential election
2009 TSC: All television broadcas in e United ates switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission.
2011 Arab Spring: Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey as Syrian troops lay siege to Jisr ash-Shugur.
2012 The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created.
2013 Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda.
2014 Israeli leadership blames Hamas after 3 Israeli teenagers are kidnapped in the West Bank
2017 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 30 days administrative arrest for organizing rallies.
2017 Forbes release Top 100 highest-paid entertainers list - Sean "Diddy" Combs at No.1 with earnings of 130 million
2017 US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee, denies secretly meeting Russians
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