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1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69.   

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US   

1961  13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck.   

1961  13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury.   

1964  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion.   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam.   

1965  Spaghetti-O's inaugural sold   

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

1966  National Welfare Rights Organization begins   

1966  Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.   

1966  Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home.   

1967  Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium   

1968  Battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam   

1968  Earthquake results in the deaths of 47 in Japan   

1968  Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained.   

1969  Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute.   

1969  Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam   

1969  The Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault   

1969  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere   

1969  Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44   

1970  "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70   

1971  In this year, Bulgaria formally adopts it's constitution.   

1972  Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79.   

1973  In this year, AC Milan claims 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki   

1973  Zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs.   

1974  Helmut Schmidt is recorded as becoming West German chancellor.   

1974  USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1975  India annexes Principality of Sikkim.   

1975  Japanese Junko Tabei became inaugural woman to reach Mount Everest's summit   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title.   

1975  Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK   

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1558  Andreas of austria: Bohemia cardinal/gov of netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard digby: English conspirator   

1609  Ferdinand: Austria, cardinal of spain/governor of netherlands   

1641  Dudley north: Financier/economist   

1659  Campegius vitringa: Dutch theologist   

1710  William talbot: 1st earl talbot, english politician   

1718  Maria gaetana agnesi: Italian mathematician   

1748  Antonius van alphen: Apostolic vicar of de bosch   

0942  Saadiah gaon: Head of talmudic academy of sura,   

1265  Saint simon stock: English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Death of Pieter appelmans: Flemish architect/master builder,   

1569  Dirk willems: Anabaptist martyr   

1620  Death of William adams: English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Andrzej bobola: Polish jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas wriothesley: 4th earl of southampton, english statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  Death of Pietro da cortona: [berrettini], painter/architect,