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1940  Germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line   

1940  38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province.   

1942  Vera Figner, writer, dies.   

1943  Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms   

1943  Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies.   

1944  inaugural B-29 test-raid on Japanese industrial cities is deemed satisfactory.   

1944  US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific   

1950  Itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir and 1779 Parana.   

1951  Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory.   

1952  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70.   

1956  John Lennon (15) and Paul McCartney (13) meet for the inaugural time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner.   

1957  42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record).   

1958  Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74   

1960  Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman   

1962  South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes   

1962  Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84.   

1965  E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902   

1967  Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill.   

1967  Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69.   

1968  John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral.   

1968  Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

1969  "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premiers on CBS TV   

1969  Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies.   

1971  Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League.   

1972  75000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas.   

1972  Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) leads to 2 train crash; 107 die.   

1973  "American Graffiti" opens in NYC.   

1977  General elections held in Spain, the inaugural since 1936   

1977  Spain's inaugural free elections since 1936   

1978  Jordan's King Hussein marries 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who is recorded as becoming Queen Noor   

1978  Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days   

1978  Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83.   

1979  The inaugural space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds.   

1979  Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67.   

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1221  Frederik ii: [strijdbare], duke of austria   

1330  Edward: The black prince, prince of wales (1343-1376)   

1542  Richard grenville: English parliament leader/vice-admiral (roanoke)   

1553  Ernst: Archduke of austria/governor of the netherlands   

1594  Nicolas poussin: French painter   

1623  Cornelis de witt: Dutch statesman (chatham)   

1624  Hiob ludolf: German orientalist   

1636  Johann david mayer: Composer   

0923  Robert i: King of france (922-23),   

0948  Death of Romanus i lecapenus: Armenian emperor of byzantium (919-44),   

0991  Theophano: German empress/wife of emperor otto ii,   

1246  Frederik ii "the strijdbare": Duke of austria,   

1337  Angelus clarenus/da cingoli: Italian leader,   

1341  Death of Andronicus iii paleologus: Byzantine emperor (1328-41),   

1381  Wat tyler: Leader of english peasants' revolt, beheaded in london   

1383  John vi cantacuzenus: Byzantine emperor