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1969  Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155.   

1970  New English Bible published   

1970  Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61.   

1971  13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win   

1971  The inaugural SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility.   

1971  Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70.   

1972  John and Yoko are served with deportation papers.   

1972  Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72.   

1973  Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79   

1974  The inaugural performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville.   

1975  US Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury.   

1975  T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64   

1976  British premier Harold Wilson steps down.   

1977  US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland   

1978  Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast.   

1978  Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed.   

1978  Soyuz 26 returns to Earth.   

1978  Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists.   

1979  CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney   

1979  Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90.   

1980  In this year, Joanne Carner claims LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic   

1983  Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79   

1984  Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut   

1984  South-Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty   

1985  Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut.   

1985  Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years   

1985  In the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico   

1985  Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88.   

1987  Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71   

1988  As part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States   

1988  Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North and Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair   

1988  North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed   

1988  US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras   

1988  Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88.   

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1338  Thomas de beauchamp: 12th earl of warwick   

1445  Johann geiler von kaisersberg: Swiss-born preacher   

1473  Henry iv the pious: Duke of saxony   

1581  Pieter corneliszoon hooft: Dutch historian and writer   

1585  Gerbrant a bredero: Holland, poet/playwright (klucht van de koe)   

1609  Michael franck: Composer   

1631  René le bossu: French critic   

1634  Contessa marie madeleine la fayette: Novelist   

0455  Valentinian iii: Roman emperor (b. 419)   

1021  Heribert of cologne: Archbishop of cologne and chancellor of emperor otto iii   

1037  Death of Robert i: Archbishop of rouen   

1072  Adalbert: Archbishop of bremen-hamburg,   

1322  Humphrey de bohun: 4th earl of hereford, english soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John beaufort: 1st earl of somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne neville: Queen of richard iii of england (b. 1456)   

1536  Death of Ibrahim pasha: Grand-visier of osmaanse rich, murdered at about 45