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1930  Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)   

1931  109°F (43°C), Monticello, Florida (state record)   

1932  USSR and China sign no attack treaty.   

1933  Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title.   

1933  Bob Shaw, baseball player   

1933  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies), dies at 46   

1934  Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI).   

1936  Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"   

1936  Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines.   

1936  David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)   

1937  Joseph-Armand Bombardier 1884-1951 patents his Bombardier B-7 Snow Tractor, a seven-passenger tracked machine costing $7500   

1938  Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)   

1939  Dixie Clipper completes inaugural commercial plane flight to Europe.   

1939  4th Dutch govt of Colijn falls   

1940  US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register.   

1940  Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard.   

1940  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60   

1941  Pamela Emily Maud born to William David Davies and Phyllis Maud Davies. Happy 60th Birthday 2001 - love All the Family XXX.   

1941  DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record.   

1941  Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80.   

1942  Following an inspection of Igor I. Sikorsky's VS-300 helicopter, Lieutenant Commander F. A. Erickson, USCG, recommended that helicopters be obtained for antisubmarine convoy duty and life-saving.   

1942  Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres   

1943  During World War 2, American forces land in New Guinea.   

1943  Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ).   

1944  The Parachute Experimental Division was established at Lakehurst, N.,J., for research, development, and testing of parachutes and survival gear   

1944  German counter attack at Caen   

1945  Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, is recorded as becoming part of Ukrainian SSR   

1945  20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record).   

1946  British arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists   

1946  "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 perfs   

1947  2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson   

1949  South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages   

1949  US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II   

1949  Walter Giffen, cricketer (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies.   

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1397  John ii of aragon: John ii of aragon (d. 1479)   

1482  Maria of aragon: Queen of portugal   

1517  Rembert dodoens: [rembertus dodonaeus], physician/botanist   

1596  Emperor go-mizunoo of japan: Emperor go-mizunoo of japan (d. 1680)   

1738  Constantin reindl: Composer   

1783  August alexander klengel: Composer   

1798  Giacomo leopardi: Italian poet   

1803  John newton brown: American publisher   

1021  Death of Notker labeo: Tutor in convent sankt gallen,   

1059  Death of Bernard ii: Duke of saxony   

1252  King abel of denmark: King abel of denmark (b. 1218)   

1293  Death of Hendrik van gent: Flemish neo-augustian philosopher/theologist,   

1306  Musho [hokai]: Zen teacher/found subtemple at jochiji,   

1315  Ramon llull: Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)   

1458  Death of Mapheus vegius: [maffeo vegio], italian lawyer/humanist/poet,   

1509  Margaret beaufort: Mother of henry vii of england (b. 1443)