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1968  Soyuz 3 launched   

1968  The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City   

1968  Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

1969  In Yugoslavia a 5.6 severe earthquake in the Banja Luka area of Yugoslavia killed 20, seriously injured 150, and left 65000 homeless.   

1970  "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers   

1971  UN votes to replace Taiwan with China.   

1971  Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76   

1972  Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin.   

1972  Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam.   

1972  Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83.   

1973  Wings release "Helen Wheels".   

1975  Anwar Sadat is recorded as becoming the inaugural Egyptian president to visit the United States.   

1976  Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa   

1976  Trinidad and Tobago is recorded as becoming a republic.   

1976  Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57   

1977  5th and final test of space shuttle Enterprise   

1977  Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY.   

1978  George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

1979  Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

1980  Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74   

1982  Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies.   

1984  "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days   

1984  John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85   

1985  Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the inaugural Canadian female police officer killed on duty.   

1985  The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory   

1987  Dow Jones down 156.83 points   

1987  Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads.   

1988  Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2000000 for 4 month advisory service.   

1988  US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK.   

1989  The re-built Globe Theatre in London reopens for the inaugural time in 350 years   

1989  Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies   

1990  William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89   

1991  Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella.   

1992  Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71.   

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1427  Archduke sigismund of austria: Archduke sigismund of austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius erasmus: Holland, scholar/author (in praise of folly)   

1473  Friedrich of saxony: Friedrich of saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans buchner: Composer   

1491  Zhengde: Emperor of china   

1609  William sprague: English co-founder of charlestown, massachusetts   

1645  Aert de gelder: Dutch painter (king david)   

1673  Dimitrie cantemir: Romanians historian/monarch of moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Death of Alfred the great: Writer/king of wessex (871-99),   

1132  Death of Floris the black: Brother of earl dirk vi of holland, murdered   

1235  Andres ii arpad: King of hungary (1205-35),   

1440  Death of Gilles de rais: French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Death of Frederick ii the vrome: Ruler of palts,   

1607  Death of Philipp nicolai: German lutherian theologist/poet/composer,   

1608  Death of Juan pantoja de la cruz: Spanish royal painter,   

1633  Death of Horio tadaharu: Japanese warlord (b. 1596)