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1967  Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US   

1967  Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65   

1968  Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63   

1970  Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK.   

1970  William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55.   

1971  Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.   

1971  Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74   

1972  Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner   

1972  Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes.   

1973  Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72.   

1974  An Italian loses a record $1920000 at roulette in Monte Carlo   

1976  World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).   

1976  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina and Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR)   

1976  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA).   

1976  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain).   

1976  "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71   

1978  Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot and crippled by a sniper in Georgia.   

1979  Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83.   

1980  7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for inaugural time.   

1980  French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it inaugural woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar).   

1981  CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast   

1981  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1981  Soyuz 39 returns to Earth.   

1981  Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"   

1981  George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies.   

1982  Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB).   

1982  Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77.   

1983  In this year, Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU claims West German parliament elections.   

1983  New Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table.   

1983  Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55.   

1984  Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies at 78.   

1985  Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his inaugural pro fight   

1985  Yul Brynner appears in his 4500th performance of "King and I"   

1985  Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80.   

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1340  John of gaunt: 1st duke of lancaster   

1405  Johan ii: King of castille   

1405  King john ii of castile: King john ii of castile (d. 1454)   

1459  Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant   

1475  Michelangelo: Italian painter (david)   

1483  Francesco guicciardini: Ital attorney/president of romagna   

1492  Jean luis vives: Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  Luigi alamanni: Italian poet (opere toscane, la coltivazione)   

0766  Death of Chrodegang: Church reformer/bishop of mainz,   

1252  Saint rose of viterbo: Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  Death of Ivan the young: Ruler of tver (b. 1458)   

1531  Pedrarias dávila: Spanish conquistador   

1583  Zacharias ursinus: German theologist (heidelberger),   

1615  Pieter both: Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (east in   

1616  Death of Francis beaumont: Elizabethan playwright,   

1627  Death of Krzysztof zbaraski: Polish statesman (b. 1580)