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1980  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60).   

1980  Ford Motor Co are discovered innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto.   

1980  Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61.   

1980  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60).   

1981  Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca.   

1982  World Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).   

1982  Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64   

1983  Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58.   

1984  Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird.   

1984  Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield   

1984  Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust and AIF bat), dies.   

1985  Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow).   

1986  Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir   

1986  Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet   

1986  Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies.   

1987  John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

1987  Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77   

1988  14th People's Choice Awards Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win   

1988  Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92   

1988  14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win   

1989  27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, inaugural woman to do the countdown   

1989  FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US   

1989  US space shuttle STS-29 launched.   

1990  Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

1990  Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86.   

1991  Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska)   

1991  Cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65.   

1992  570 die in a Turkish earthquake.   

1992  Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit   

1992  Clarence Wright, singer, dies at 84.   

1993  Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US.   

1993  Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie and Clyde gang), dies at 82.   

1994  Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26).   

1994  Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed).   

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1372  Louis of valois: Duke of orléans, brother of charles vi of france   

1548  Sasbout vosmeer: Dutch catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes berchmans: Dutch jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent xii: [antonio pignatelli], pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John theophilus desaguliers: French-british philosopher   

1696  Louis f a d duke de richelieu: French marshal   

1700  James kent: Composer   

1712  Isfrid kayser: Composer   

1202  Mieszko iii: The elder, grand duke of poland (1173-77, 1200-02),   

1271  Death of Henry of almain: English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  Death of John barbour: Scottish poet   

1516  Vladislav ii jagiello: King of bohemia (1490-1516),   

1558  Death of Jean fernel: French physician/physiologist,   

1569  Death of Lodewijk condé: French prince/co-leader of hugenot,   

1573  Michel de l'hôpital: French statesman   

1604  Arnaud d'ossat: French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)