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1963  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78.   

1966  Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88.   

1968  In this year, Kip Keino (Kenya) claims gold medal for 1500m (3 min 34.9 sec).   

1969  Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47.   

1970  Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1002 kph).   

1973  Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica.   

1975  Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43   

1976  Leonard Lee, US R and B-singer (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40.   

1977  Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties   

1977  Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties.   

1978  Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69   

1980  Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin steps down, due to illness.   

1981  US national debt hits $1 trillion.   

1982  Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52   

1983  Suicide terrorist truck bomb results in the deaths of 243 US personnel in Beirut.   

1983  Truck bomb in Beirut results in the deaths of 241 US soldiers   

1983  Two million people march in Western European capital cities demonstrating against the deployment of 'Cruise' and 'Pershing' missiles   

1983  Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36.   

1984  NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine   

1984  David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma.   

1986  Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92.   

1990  Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages.   

1990  Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies   

1991  Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine results in the deaths of 2 women.   

1991  Lance Baker, dies at 31   

1992  Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies   

1994  Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66.   

1996  Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67.   

2005  Polish presidential election, 2nd round.   

2005  Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia   

2006  Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron   

2007  The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched on mission STS-120   

2010  In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets   

2011  A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people, and damaging about 2200 buildings.   

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1503  Isabella of portugal: Queen of spain and empress of germany   

1516  Charlotte de valois: Princess of france   

1543  Juan de la cueva: Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig eleonora of holstein-gottorp: Queen of sweden   

1654  Johann bernhard staudt: Composer   

1698  Ange-jacques gabriel: French court architect (palace de la concorde)   

1705  Maximilian ulysses count browne: Austrian field marshal   

1713  Peter burmannus secundus: [pieter burman], dutch classicist   

0930  Death of Daigo: Emperor of japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez: Turkish sultan of egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van capestrano: Italian saint,   

1456  Death of Giovanni da capistrano: Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann giese: Polish catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  Michael neander: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Death of Franciscus junius: French/neth calvinist theologist/vicar,   

1616  Death of Leonhard hutter: German theologian (b. 1563)