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1968  Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay".   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65   

1970  12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win   

1970  Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation.   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

1970  12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win   

1971  Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies.   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64.   

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65.   

1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts   

1975  Portugal military coup under General Spinola fails.   

1975  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

1977  34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway.   

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC.   

1978  Bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe by getting career goal number 1000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.   

1978  Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed.   

1979  Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game.   

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88.   

1980  Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw.   

1981  Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins.   

1982  Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname   

1982  Harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion.   

1982  Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC   

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55.   

1983  Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

1983  World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).   

1983  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).   

1983  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)   

1983  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)   

1984  In the Magdalen Islands seal hunter damage helicopter chartered by International Fund for Animal Welfare protesters   

1984  Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76   

1985  In this year, Mikhail S Gorbachev formally adopts in place of Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader   

1986  187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange.   

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1544  Torquato tasso: Italy, renaissance poet (aminta, apologia)   

1549  Hendrik l spieghel: Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  Henric spieghel: Dutch renaissance poet (hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac elsevier: Book publisher   

1654  Heinrich georg neuss: Composer   

1683  Giovanni veneziano: Composer   

1725  Henry benedict stuart: Pretender to the throne of great britain   

1731  Robert treat paine: Judge, signer (declaration of independence)   

0222  Varius a bassianus: Syrian emperor of rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  Sophronius of jerusalem: Saint/patriarch of jerusalem,   

0859  Death of Eulogius of cordoba: Spanish bishop and christian martyr   

1198  Death of Marie de champagne: Daughter of louis vii of france (b. 1145)   

1486  Death of Albrecht iii achilles: Elector of brandenburg,   

1514  Death of Donato bramante: Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  Death of Matthias flacius: Croatian protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' cavalieri: Italian composer