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1978  Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide.   

1980  Conn Smythe founder o fthe NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs dies at age 85   

1982  Donald Dillaway, actor (Min and Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78.   

1987  31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station   

1987  Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53.   

1989  Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies.   

1990  Saddam offers to free an estimated 2000 men held in Kuwait.   

1990  Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies   

1991  France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti.   

1991  Muslim Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland   

1991  Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78   

1992  Dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82   

1993  Fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93   

1994  Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86   

1995  Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86   

1996  David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69   

2000  In this year, A major fire at the 350 room Marriot Mountain REsort in Vale Colorado starts no deaths   

2005  The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the UK and USA   

2007  In this year, The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners.   

2012  In this year, Lewis Hamilton claims the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix   

2014  Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football   

2018  21 year old German Alexander Zverev breaks through for a maiden season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-4, 6-3 upset win in London over 5-time champion Novak Đoković   

2018  Apec Summit in Papa New Guinea fails to produce a joint agreement for inaugural time in two decades after US and China clash on definition of trade.   

2018  American missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe.   

2019  Book written by Charlotte Bronte aged 14 for her toy soldiers bought by the Bronte Society for €600000 at auction in Paris.   

2019  "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events   

2025  27th and 28th US military strikes in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean sink two suspected drug smuggling vessels and kill five, bringing total deaths in the program to over 100   

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1522  Lamoral: Count of egmont, flemish general and statesman   

1527  Luca cambiaso: Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor gonzaga: Empress of the holy roman empire   

1680  Jean-baptiste loeillet: Composer   

1727  Philibert commerçon: French naturalist   

1736  Carl friedrich christian fasch: Composer   

1742  Felix maximo lopez: Composer   

1772  Louis ferdinand: Prince of prussia christian, composer   

0942  Odo van cluny: 2nd abbott of cluny (924-42),   

1154  Adélaide de maurienne: Wife of louis vi of france (b. 1092)   

1170  Albrecht i "bear": 1st margrave of brandenburg (1150-70),   

1305  John ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Cuthbert tunstall: English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  George talbot: 6th earl of shrewsbury, english statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of juliana,   

1630  Esaias van der velde: Dutch painter, buried