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1960  "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs.   

1961  CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke.   

1962  Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82   

1963  3000 blacks boycot Boston public school   

1963  3000 blacks boycott Boston public school.   

1964  African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar   

1964  Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58   

1965  George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56.   

1967  67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ.   

1967  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66   

1968  Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing   

1972  BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118.   

1973  NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants   

1973  Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71   

1974  Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77   

1975  Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king   

1977  Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation   

1977  Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for inaugural time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747.   

1980  "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premiers.   

1980  C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin.   

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline   

1980  Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec   

1982  Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66   

1983  7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride inaugural US woman   

1983  IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC   

1983  Sally Ride is recorded as becoming the inaugural U.S. woman in space.   

1983  Sally Ride is recorded as becoming the inaugural US woman in space onboard the space shuttle.   

1984  Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541.   

1984  Alan Berg, American radio talk show host   

1986  52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon.   

1987  Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87   

1989  Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion   

1990  Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies.   

1991  Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died   

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1269  Princess eleanor of england: Princess eleanor of england (d. 1298)   

1318  Princess eleanor of woodstock: Princess eleanor of woodstock (d. 1355)   

1466  Ottaviano petrucci: Italian printer   

1511  Bartolommeo ammanati: Italian sculptor/architect   

1511  Ponte santa trinita: Florence   

1517  Emperor ogimachi of japan: Emperor ogimachi of japan (d. 1593)   

1552  Gabriello chiabrera: Italian poet   

1581  Thomas overbury: Poet (baptized)   

0741  Leo iii de isaurier: Byzantine emperor (717-41),   

1234  Death of Emperor chukyo of japan: Emperor chukyo of japan (b. 1218)   

1291  Death of Alfonso iii: King of aragon (1285-91),   

1464  Rogier van der weyden: Flemish painter,   

1580  Death of Juliana van stolberg: Engraver of nassau,   

1588  Anna: Daughter of prince willem i/anna van saksen,   

1629  Death of Piet heyn: Lt-admiral (spanish silver fleet),   

1667  Death of Louise henriette: Daughter of frederik hendrik,