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1977  Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77   

1979  Darla Hood, actress (Our Gang 1935-45), dies at 47   

1980  In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall".   

1980  UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela.   

1981  39 Unification church couples wed in Germany.   

1981  Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II   

1981  Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"   

1982  Argentine forces surrender to the British in the Falklands conflict.   

1982  Fahd is recorded as becoming king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69.   

1982  Abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69   

1983  Pioneer 10 is recorded as becoming inaugural man-made object to leave Solar System.   

1983  Pioneer 10 is recorded as becoming the inaugural spacecraft to leave the solar system.   

1984  Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92.   

1986  Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency   

1986  Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77   

1987  Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.   

1987  Geraldine Page, actress (Blue and Gray), dies at 62   

1988  In this year, George Harrison releases "This is Love".   

1988  US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist   

1989  Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), dies at 81.   

1990  Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya   

1990  Official removal of the Berlin Wall begins.   

1990  Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term   

1993  Donald "Deke" K Slayton, US major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69   

1994  Anne Aitken, student of Zen, dies at 83   

1995  David Parry, guitarist, dies 53.   

1996  David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist, dies at 60   

2005  Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 205 trial of Michael Jackson).   

2012  A series of bombings across Iraq kill 93 and wound 300 people.   

2014  Los Angeles Kings defeat the New York Rangers to win the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals in 5 games   

2017  Warriors win 2nd NBA title in 3 years over the Cavaliers (129-120)   

2017  Otto Warmbier returns to the US in an unresponsive state after being held in Norther Korean jail for 17 months,.   

2018  Roger Connor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (career HR record 138 stood for 23 years), dies of a stomach illness at 73.   

2018  Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate - 200 billion tonnes a year, 3 trillion tonnes in 25 years, in report published in "Nature" journal   

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1539  Jost/jobst/jodocus amman: Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator   

1592  Tobias michael: Composer   

1612  Karel van croij: Prince of chimay/duke of aarschot   

1627  Fidel molitor: Composer   

1649  Adrien baillet: French scholar and critic   

1701  Angelo antonio caroli: Composer   

1736  Henryk klein: Composer   

1752  Fanny burney: England, author (camille, evelina)   

1036  Ali az-zahir: Caliph (b. 1005)   

1142  Death of Godfried ii: Duke of brabant/neth-lotharingen,   

1231  Anthony of padua: Portuguese saint (b. 1195)   

1256  Death of Tankei: Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)   

1371  Death of Jan v of virneburg: Bishop of utrecht (pledge vollenhove),   

1550  Johann spangenberg: Composer,   

1612  Death of Charles van croij: Prince of chimay,   

1636  George gordon: 1st marquess of huntly, scottish politician (b. 1562)