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1973  Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile.   

1973  Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ.   

1974  Uganda crushes coup attempt against President Idi Amin following machine-gun and mortar battle with rebels   

1974  36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64   

1974  Doris Deane, dies at 74.   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 to retain the heavyweight boxing title   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.   

1975  Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60   

1976  British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery dies. He defeated the Germans at El Alamein.   

1976  Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military.   

1976  Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88.   

1977  Former Australian cabinet minister Don Chipp steps down from the Liberal Party; later he establishes the Australian Democrats.   

1977  Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73   

1978  Wings release "With a Little Luck"   

1978  Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62.   

1979  Columbia flown on aircraft carrier lands at Kennedy Space Center.   

1979  inaugural appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes.   

1979  Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53   

1980  ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"   

1980  In this year, Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks.   

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

1981  "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  Bombay beat Delhi by innings and 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba   

1982  US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia.   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83.   

1984  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93   

1985  Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero claims).   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah).   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt and Geraldine Page win.   

1986  In this year, NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling   

1986  US and Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra.   

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1188  Ferrand of portugal: Earl of flanders/son of sancho i   

1441  Ernst i: Elector of saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius agricola: Germany, mineralogist (de re metallica)   

1607  Michiel a de ruyter: Dutch rear admiral (st vincent, dune)   

1628  Sophie amalie of brunswick-lüneburg: Queen of denmark and norway   

1630  Jose saenz d'aguirre: Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai hakuseki: Japanese writer and politician   

1693  John harrison: British clockmaker   

0809  Death of Harun al-rashid: Caliph of the abbasid empire (786-809),   

1284  King hugh iii of cyprus: King hugh iii of cyprus   

1381  Saint catharine of sweden: Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter hilton: English mystic   

1400  Florens radewijns: Dutch priest/leader modern devotion,   

1455  Death of Nicholas v: [tommaso parentucelli], italian pope (1447-55),   

1471  Death of Thomas malory: Author (le morte d'arthur),   

1558  Anna van buren: Countess of egmond/buren/lingen,