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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.   

1986  Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm   

1986  Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.   

1987  Wayne Gretzky scores 1500th NHL point.   

1987  [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74   

1988  Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire   

1988  Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74   

1989  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57.   

1990  16th People's Choice Awards   

1990  Lithuania declares it's Independence.   

1990  Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR   

1991  Janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records.   

1991  In this year, John Smith, amateur wrestler, claims James E Sullivan Award.   

1991  Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1   

1992  In this year, Environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings   

1992  David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41.   

1993  Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44   

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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  Death of Sophronius of jerusalem: Saint/patriarch of jerusalem,   

0859  Eulogius of cordoba: Spanish bishop and christian martyr   

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

1486  Albrecht iii achilles: Elector of brandenburg,   

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

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' cavalieri: Italian composer