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1982  Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident.   

1982  Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60   

1983  Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies   

1984  Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50.   

1985  Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC.   

1985  Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89   

1986  Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money   

1986  Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71.   

1987  Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew)   

1987  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1987  Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82   

1989  27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth.   

1989  California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios.   

1989  Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51.   

1990  32-day lockout by baseball owners ends   

1990  A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch.   

1990  East Germany's inaugural elections in over sixty years   

1990  In this year, In a step towards the unification of Germany, the Conservative alliance claims the East German parliamentary elections with 48 per cent of vote.   

1990  Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen   

1990  The inaugural free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists   

1990  Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36.   

1991  Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell.   

1991  Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round   

1991  More than 70000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes   

1991  Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72   

1992  Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.   

1992  Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion.   

1992  Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury.   

1992  Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56   

1993  Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion   

1993  Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC   

1994  South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police   

1994  Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands   

1994  Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy   

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1380  Liduina van schiedam: Dutch "christ's bride"/saint   

1395  John holland: 2nd duke of exeter, english military leader   

1496  Mary tudor: Daughter of henry vii of england and queen consort of louis xii of france   

1548  Cornelis ketel: Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-hercule de valois: French duke of anjou/brabant   

1578  Adam elsheimer: German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  Manuel de faria e sousa: Portuguese historian and poet   

1602  Jacques de billy: French mathematician   

0235  Death of Marcus aurelius alexander: Syrian emperor of rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  Death of Edward: The martyr, king of anglo-saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Honorius iii: [cencio savelli], pope (1216-27),   

1314  Death of Jacques de molay: The last grand master of order of knights,   

1493  Death of John of lannoy: Flemish governor/viceroy of neth/zealand,   

1582  Jean jaurequi: Basque murderer of willem of orange, lynched   

1583  Death of King magnus of livonia: King magnus of livonia (b. 1540)   

1584  Ivan iv: The terrible, russian tsar (1547-84),