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1965  Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72   

1966  Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled.   

1966  US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional.   

1966  Colin Campbell, actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83.   

1967  The Turtles' "Happy Together" goes #1.   

1967  Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)   

1968  Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood   

1969  Andes Pact signed in Peru.   

1969  Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as President.   

1969  Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72   

1970  Concorde makes its inaugural supersonic flight (700 MPH/1127 KPH)   

1971  European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers.   

1971  Tom Jones, "She's a Lady", goes gold   

1972  America's LP "America" goes #1.   

1973  Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs England   

1973  Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93.   

1974  Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly".   

1974  Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72.   

1975  Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), shot by nephew.   

1976  "My Fair Lady" opens at St James Theater NYC for 384 performances.   

1976  Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties.   

1977  In another part of Turkey a 5.2 earthquake killed 30, injured some, and caused considerable damage in the Lice-Palu area   

1977  In Turkey a 4.8 earthquake jolted the northeastern part of Turkey, killed at least one, injured several,.   

1978  Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85   

1979  Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest   

1979  ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered.   

1982  Wayne Gretzky is recorded as becoming inaugural NHL to score 200 points in a season.   

1983  In the Damavand-Amol area of Iran a5.2 quake killed 30 people and injured 61 , many homes damaged and landslides in the   

1983  Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72.   

1985  57th Academy Awards "Amadeus", F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win.   

1985  Edwin Meese III is recorded as becoming US Attorney General   

1987  Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified   

1987  Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83.   

1988  NASA launches space vehicle S-206.   

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1133  Henry ii: King of england (1154-89)   

1252  Konradijn hohenstaufen: [koenrad van zwaben], son of konrad iv   

1252  Conradin: Duke of swabia   

1259  Andronikos ii palaiologos: Byzantine emperor   

1297  Andronicus iii palaeologus: Byzantine emperor   

1297  Arnost of pardubice: Archbishop of prague   

1345  Blanche of lancaster: Wife of john of gaunt   

1347  Catherine of siena: Italian saint   

1223  Death of Afonso ii: 3rd king of portugal (1211-23),   

1345  Henry: 3rd earl of lancaster, english politician (b. 1281)   

1458  Death of Inigo lopez de mendoza: Spanish marquis of santillana/poet,   

1510  Georges d'amboise: French archbishop of narbonne/rouen,   

1558  Death of Marcos de niza: French franciscan explorer   

1561  Death of Conrad lycosthenes: French-born german philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)   

1603  Ikoma chikamasa: Japanese warlord (b. 1526)   

1609  Olaus martini: Swedish archbishop of uppsala (b. 1557)