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1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands.   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  In this year, Benin formally adopts its constitution   

1977  Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11   

1977  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell.   

1978  General strike in Peru.   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy.   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president   

1979  Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83.   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina.   

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

1983  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84.   

1984  In this year, Anderlecht claims 13th UEFA Cup at London   

1986  US and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue and Gray), dies at 70   

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86.   

1988  Maryland formally ends sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990.   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone   

1989  An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng   

1989  Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone   

1990  In this year, A C Milan claims 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2856.26   

1991  Last Cubans troops leave Angola   

1991  US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion   

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1052  King philip i of france: King philip i of france (d. 1108)   

1100  Emperor qinzong of china: Emperor qinzong of china (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude mellan: French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan caramuel y lobkowitz: Spanish writer   

1617  Elias ashmole: Antiquary   

1620  Pieter neefs: The younger, flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas eisenhut: Composer   

1696  Johann caspar vogler: Composer   

1125  Hendrik v: Roman catholics german king/emperor (1098/1111-25),   

1153  Death of David i: King of scotland (1124-53),   

1304  Death of Jehan de lescurel: French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict xiii: [pedro the luna], spanish pope (1394-1423),   

1498  Girolamo savonarola: Dictator of florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Ashikaga yoshitane: Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Ismail i: Shah of persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van nassau: German son of willem the rich,