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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  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.   

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   

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   

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  Norway Showcase groundbreaking.   

1986  President Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled.   

1986  Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82.   

1987  Jim and Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal   

1987  In this year, Postage claims 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna   

1988  Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.   

1988  Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79   

1989  Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies   

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

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

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

1039  Dirk iii hierosolymita: Count of holland,   

1178  Godfried van rhenen: Bishop of utrecht,   

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

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