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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  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.   

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.   

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  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.   

1985  Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97   

1986  Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India.   

1986  John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA.   

1986  Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39   

1987  Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway.   

1987  Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82   

1989  In this year, New Zealand claims America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court   

1990  President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal   

1990  Three arrested in London in plot to smuggle US-made nuclear triggering devices to Iraq   

1990  Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65   

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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  Stefanus harding: 3rd abbott of côteaux/saint,   

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

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

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

1566  Siegmund freiherr von herberstein: Austrian diplomat,