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1965  In this year, Inter Milan claims 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan.   

1966  55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes.   

1966  6 French fighters crash above Spain.   

1968  Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV.   

1969  Walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43   

1970  British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I.   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11.   

1971  In this year, UCLA claims NCAA basketball championship.   

1971  Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11.   

1975  In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars"   

1975  Stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1975  Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38.   

1975  Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53.   

1975  Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1976  Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80.   

1977  2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582.   

1979  Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop.   

1980  South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2000 killed.   

1981  John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol.   

1981  In this year, Liverpool claims 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France   

1981  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1983  Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress.   

1983  Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67.   

1984  In this year, Manuela Manleeva claims 3 singles tennis matches in one day   

1984  Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter.   

1985  Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.   

1985  Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan   

1985  Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80   

1986  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

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1332  Ibn khaldun: Tunis, arab historian/sociologist (muqaddimah)   

1519  Girolamo mei: Italian historian   

1576  Caspar schoppe: German scholar   

1595  Benedictus carpzovius: [benedikt carpzov], german lawyer   

1601  Antoine daniel: Jesuit missionary and martyr   

1623  William petty: English scientist and philosopher   

1626  William ii: Prince of orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-antoine: Cardinal de noailles, french cardinal   

0366  Procopius: Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede: English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  Death of Ordono i: King of asturia (850-66),   

0927  Death of Symeon: Czar of bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  Dirk iii hierosolymita: Count of holland,   

1178  Death of Godfried van rhenen: Bishop of utrecht,   

1444  John beaufort: 1st duke of somerset, english military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  Death of Ludovico sforza [il moro]: Italian duke of milan,