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1975 Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83. 
1976 5th Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight
1976 Gov Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape
1976 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73.
1978 Israeli Cabinet approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace.
1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks.
1981 Ariel Durant, US author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83.
1983 U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troops land on Grenada to evacuate U.S. citizens threatened by the island's unstable political situation.
1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2000 its population (US claims!)
1983 Hermann Ambrosius, composer, dies at 86.
1984 "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premiers (Gotham Theater-NYC).
1984 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
1985 Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
1985 Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67.
1986 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
1986 Michael Sergio parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS.
1986 Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67.
1987 Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80.
1988 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets.
1988 Bill Cody, actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City), dies at 75
1989 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer (Men of Goods), dies.
1990 Evander Hollyfield KOs James "Buster" Douglas for HW boxing title.
1990 In the Hindu Kush Region a 6.0 earthquake killed 11 people and more then 250 injured and damage in the Chitral-Mardan-Malakand area, Pakistan. Felt throughout northern and central Pakistan
1990 New Zealand's voters ousted the Labour Party of Mike Moore giving the National Party under James Bolger the biggest election victory in more than 50 years
1990 NY Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991).
1991 Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore, Dylan), dies at 60.
1992 Adelino Da Palma Carlos, PM of Portugal (1974), dies
1993 Jean Chretien succeeds Kim Campbell as Canada's prime minister
1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered.
1994 Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist, dies at 81
1995 Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77.
1996 Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95
1999 The dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr President" to President John F Kennedy is sold for $US1267500 -- a record for an item of clothing at auction.
2000 Stormy seas prevent divers from entering the nuclear submarine Kursk a day after naval officials reveal evidence that more than 23 seamen had survived the initial explosions that sank the vessel.
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