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1967  Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title.   

1968  Jarmila Novotna steps down presidency of Czechoslovakia.   

1968  Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone.   

1968  Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France.   

1969  "Billy" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance.   

1969  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78   

1970  "Blood Red Roses" opens and closes at John Golden Theater NYC.   

1971  In this year, Ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail'.   

1971  Martin Bodmer, writer, dies   

1972  Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)   

1972  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP.   

1974  Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35   

1975  Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall   

1975  Ranjit and Damayanthie married in St Anne's Church Wattala , Sri Lanka   

1975  Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens.   

1975  Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75   

1977  Dutch Den Uyl government falls   

1977  Indira Gandhi steps down as Prime Minister of India   

1978  Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking   

1978  Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73.   

1979  Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt.   

1979  Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78   

1981  Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6.   

1982  3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched   

1982  Iran offensive against Iraq   

1983  Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

1984  Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game.   

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA   

1986  Heart's "These Dreams", single goes #1   

1986  Karin Kania skates ladies world record 1500 meter (1 9.30).   

1986  Kurt Browning (Canada) is recorded as becoming inaugural skater to land a quadruple jump.   

1986  Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1986  World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).   

1986  Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies   

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0841  Bernard plantapilosa: Count of auvergne   

1212  Emperor go-horikawa of japan: Emperor go-horikawa of japan (d. 1235)   

1366  Thomas de mowbray: 1st duke of norfolk, english politician   

1459  Maximilian i of habsburg: German emperor/archduke of austria   

1503  Antonio francesco grazzini: Italian writer   

1599  Anthony van dyck: Flemish painter (charles i of england)   

1609  John ii casimir vasa: Cardinal/king of poland (1648-68)   

1663  August hermann francke: German protestant minister   

0337  Death of Constantine: Emperor of rome,   

1322  Death of Thomas: 2nd earl of lancaster, english politician (b. 1278)   

1418  Dietrich of nieheim: German historian   

1421  Death of Thomas of lancaster: 1st duke of clarence, second son of henry iv of england (killed in battle) (b. 1388)   

1471  Death of George van podiebrad: King of bohemia (1458-71),   

1544  Johannes magnus: Last catholic archbishop of sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  Death of Lodovico guicciardini: Ital historian,   

1602  Death of Agostino carracci: Italian artist (b. 1557)