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1967  UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam.   

1967  "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances.   

1968  Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

1969  In Turkey a 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Alasehir region of western Turkey.   

1969  Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal   

1969  Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78.   

1970  1086 die when 7.3 earthquake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey).   

1970  In Gediz, Turkey a 7.3 earthquake resulted in over 1000 killed, over 1000 injured, more than 8000 buildings destroyed and over 5500 buildings damaged.   

1970  1086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey).   

1971  25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win.   

1971  Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78.   

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1972  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game   

1972  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1973  Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies   

1974  Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68.   

1975  Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77   

1977  49th Academy Awards "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win.   

1977  Morarji Desai forms government in India   

1977  49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win.   

1979  A serious radiation leak occurs at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US.   

1979  British government of Callaghan falls   

1979  Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown PA (no deaths but lots of stress).   

1979  Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80   

1980  Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies   

1981  France performs nuclear test   

1981  Viv Richards scores century in the inaugural Test at his home Antigua.   

1982  JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador.   

1982  Near Coast of Peru a 6.1 earthquake killed 3 people and extensive damage (VI) at Lunahuana   

1983  Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71.   

1984  Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead   

1985  International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet   

1985  Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY.   

1985  STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad.   

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1468  Charles i: Duke of savoy   

1472  Fra bartolomeo: Monk, florentine renaissance painter   

1472  Fra bartolommeo: Italian artist   

1483  Raphael: Urbino italy, painter (school of athens)   

1515  Theresa of avila/teresa de jesus: Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  Albert the warlike: Prince of bayreuth   

1569  Ranuccio i farnese: Duke of parma   

1592  Jan amos komensky: [comenius] moravian educational reb03281603 stephan otto, composer   

0193  Death of Publius helvius pertinax: Roman emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  Guntram: French king in burgundy,   

1072  Death of Ordulf: Duke of saxony   

1134  Death of Stefanus harding: 3rd abbott of côteaux/saint,   

1239  Emperor go-toba of japan: Emperor go-toba of japan (b. 1180)   

1285  Martinus iv: [simon de brion], pope (1281-85),   

1563  Heinrich glarean: Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  Siegmund freiherr von herberstein: Austrian diplomat,