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1972  USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200000 km).   

1975  20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec)   

1975  Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79.   

1976  Seychelles gains independence from Britain.   

1976  Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies   

1977  Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults.   

1977  Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70   

1978  VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East.   

1978  Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59.   

1979  Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies.   

1981  Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered   

1982  Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended.   

1982  Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies   

1983  Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB.   

1984  USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI   

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA.   

1985  STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad   

1985  Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2.229000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles   

1986  Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies.   

1989  Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year   

1990  Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M.   

1990  Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74   

1992  Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73   

1994  Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76.   

1995  Lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died   

1995  the Memphis Mad Dogs play their inaugural CFL game, against the Calgary Stampeders; part of a failed Canadian Football League attempt to expand to the US.   

1995  Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75   

1996  Ottawa rocker Alanis Morrissette performs eight songs from her hit album Jagged Little Pill before 150000 people in London's Hyde Park.   

1996  Alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85.   

1997  William Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68.   

2006  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The United States Supreme Court rules that the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp are illegal.   

2006  The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II steps down after the political party of D'66 drops its support.   

2006  Women vote for the inaugural time in elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait.   

2007  Apple's new iPhone is released in the US.   

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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  Bernard ii: Duke of saxony   

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

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

1306  Death of 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)