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Search for "Home Financing" 0590 Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. 1230 Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa. 1276 Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City. 1454 Birth - Amerigo Vespucci explorer, This could be Vespucciland 1497 Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, 1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1500 The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover the sea route to Brazil, already Portuguese since the treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. 1522 Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit 1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) 1564 Birth - David Fabricius Essen Germany, astronomer (discovered variable star) 1566 David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary I of Scotland, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1566 Death - David Riccio Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered 1568 Birth - Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga Italian prince/Jesuit/saint 1617 Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa 1620 Death - Aegidius Albertinus German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands 1661 Death - Jules Cardinal Mazarin chief minister of France, dies 1688 Death - Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1693 Death - Antonio Caraffa Italian General (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46? 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1697 Birth - Friederike C Neuber German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) 1701 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance 1706 Death - Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at 52 1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 1735 Birth - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer 1737 Birth - Josef Myslivecek composer 1745 Bells for first American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1745 The first carillon was shipped from England to Boston, MA. 1747 Death - Jacob Campo Weyerman South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1753 Birth - Jean-Baptiste Klber French General/architect (Mainz, Fleurus) 1758 Birth - Franz Joseph Gall German/French physician (frenology) 1765 After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide. 1776 Publication of the economics book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. 1777 Birth - Alexander Orlowski Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 1791 Birth - George Hayward US, surgeon, 1st to use ether 1791 George Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether 1796 Napolon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Josphine de Beauharnais. 1798 Appointment of first surgeon U.S. Navy, George Balfour 1798 Dr George Balfour becomes first naval surgeon in the US navy 1800 Death - Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at 30 1810 Birth - Jean-Georges Kastner composer 1812 Birth - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer 1814 Birth - Taras Shevchenko Ukraine, national poet/painter/professor of Kiev 1819 Death - Janos Fusz composer, dies at 41 1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1822 Charles M. Graham of New York City received a patent for artificial teeth. 1824 Birth - Leland Stanford (Governor/Senator)/found Stanford University 1824 Death - Jacobus J Cramer priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 1826 Birth - Jean Joseph Bott German violinist/composer 1827 Death - Franz Xaver Gerl composer, dies at 62 1831 Death - Friedrich M Klinger German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1832 Abraham Lincoln of New Salem, IL announced that he would run for political office for the first time 1929 - Eric Krenz of Palo Alto, CA became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet. 1834 French Foreign Legion is founded. 1839 Birth - Felix Huston Robertson Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 1839 Birth - Modest P Mussorgsky Russian composer (Boris Godunov) 1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) 1842 Giuseppe Verdi's third opera Nabucco premieres in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers. 1847 Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico 1848 Birth - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick composer 1850 Birth - Alexandre Luigini composer 1856 Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama 1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox 1859 Birth - Richard Englnder [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend) 1860 The first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC 1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia; first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships – USS Monitor and CSS Virginia 1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army 1865 Birth - Margaret Murray Washington wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) 1870 Death - Theodore Labarre composer, dies at 65 1874 Birth - Johann Richard Ohlsson composer 1875 Birth - Martin Fallas Shaw composer 1877 Birth - Emil Abderhalden Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist 1877 Death - Mark Prager Lindo English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1881 Birth - Enver Pasja Turkish General/politician 1881 Birth - Ernest Bevin British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs 1883 Birth - Umberto Saba writer 1885 Birth - Ringgold "Ring" Lardner baseball player 1887 Birth - Phil Mead cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI) 1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV 1889 Kansas passes first general antitrust law in US 1890 Birth - Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Soviet foreign minister (UN) 1892 Birth - David Garnett England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) 1892 Birth - Frank Puglia Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book) 1892 Birth - Joseph Weinheber Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang) 1892 Birth - Vita Sackville-West England, novelist/poet (The Land) 1893 Birth - Edgar Scauflaire Belgian muralist/decorator 1893 Birth - Hans Munch composer 1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs 1895 Death - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 1900 Birth - Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta Italian king of Croatia (1941-43) 1901 In British Columbia, naturalized Japanese Canadians win right to vote; successfully appeal BC Elections Act 1902 Birth - Edward Durell Stone US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi) 1902 Birth - Will Greer Frankfort IN, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons) 1905 Birth - Flix Labisse French painter (libidoscaphes) 1905 Birth - Grigori Kozintsev Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear) 1905 Birth - Peter C Quennell English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy) 1905 Birth - Rex Warner English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase) 1906 Coal miners at Lethbridge Alberta go on strike; until December 2 1907 Birth - Henry Leland Clarke composer 1907 First involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana 1907 Hamilton news vendor fined $30 for selling US papers on a Sunday. 1908 Birth - Luiz Cosme composer 1908 Inter Milan is founded. 1910 Birth - Ed[uard] Hoornik Dutch writer/poet (Survivor) 1910 Birth - Samuel Barber West Chester PA, composer (School for Scandal) 1910 The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins. 1911 Birth - Ramon Campbell Batista composer 1912 Birth - Alan David Melville polymath 1913 Birth - Ger[ar]da Brautigam journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA) 1913 Death - Eberhard Nestle German biblical scholar, dies at 61 1914 Birth - Fred Clark Lincoln CA, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard) 1914 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co 1914 Test of wind tunnel at Washington Navy Yard 1914 US Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico" 1915 Birth - Pete Gray one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns) 1916 Death - Ken Hutchings cricketer (exciting England batsman, WWI), dies 1916 General Fransisco "Pancho" Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM (17 killed) 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal 1916 Pancho Villa leads 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17. 1917 Birth - Dante B Fascell (Representative-Democrat-FL, 1955- ) 1918 Birth - Marguerite Chapman Chatham NY, actress (Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars) 1918 Birth - Mickey [Frank Morrison] Spillane Brooklyn NY, mystery writer (I the Jury) 1918 Death - [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind German writer/press secretary, dies at 53 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1918 Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda 1920 Birth - Carl Betz Pittsburgh PA, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show) 1922 Birth - Herbert P Douglas Jr Pittsburgh PA, long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1948) 1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 Birth - Andr Courrges France, fashion designer (introduced the miniskirt) 1923 Birth - James Buckley (Senator-Republican-NY) 1924 Birth - Konstantin Iliev composer 1924 Italy annexes Fiume 1924 South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1925 Pink's War, the first RAF operation conducted independently of the Army or Navy, begins. 1926 Bertha Landes elected first woman mayor of Seattle 1926 Birth - Celso Garrido Lecca composer 1926 Birth - Gerrit A Kooy Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa) 1926 Birth - Irene Papas Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver) 1927 Birth - Hans Ludwig Schilling composer 1927 Birth - Jack Jensen baseball player (American League MVP 1958) 1927 Birth - John Beckwith composer 1928 First telephone call between Vancouver British Columbia, and London, England. 1929 Birth - Hugh Desmond Hoyte president (Guyana, 1985-92) 1929 Birth - Marie Cardinal writer 1930 Birth - Harrie J B Aarts Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1930 Birth - Thomas Schippers Kalamazoo MI, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors) 1931 Birth - Taina Elg Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in New York, Les Girls) 1931 Death - Ida B Wells-Barnett famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 1932 Birth - Heere Heeresma Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid) 1932 Eamon De Valera becomes President of Ireland 1932 Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1932 The Egyptian University rector "Ahmed Lotfy El-Said" resigns in protest of the transfer of Dr.Taha Hussein without the University's permission. In 2003, an academic group called "March 9" is established in Egypt to defend academic rights and university independence. 1932 The first Ford Flathead engine leaves the assembly line at Ford Motor Company. 1933 Birth - Lloyd Price Kenner LA, singer (Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Misty, Just Because, Come to Me) 1933 Birth - William Francis McBeth composer 1933 Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin 1933 Congress is called into special session by FDR, & began its "100 days" 1933 Great Depression: The U.S. Congress begins its first 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1934 Birth - Joyce Van Patten Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show) 1934 Birth - Yuri Gagarin Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1) 1935 Birth - Joe Gallison Houston TX, actor (PT-109, Neil-Days of our Lives) 1935 Birth - Keely Smith Norfolk VA, singer (Mrs Louis Prima) 1935 Birth - Sister Bernard Ncube South African nun 1935 Hitler announces the creation of a new air force. 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1936 Birth - Glenda Jackson Birkenhead Cheshire England, actress (Hopscotch, Touch of Class) 1936 Birth - Marty Ingels Brooklyn NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) 1936 Birth - Mickey Gilley Ferriday LA, country singer (Urban Cowboy) 1936 Birth - [Aino] Elina Salo Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business) 1937 Birth - Grahame Chevalier cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 & 0, 5-100) 1937 In Western Ohio a 5.4 earthquake, the largest historical earthquake in Ohio occurred 1938 Birth - Charles Siebert Kenosha WI, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John) 1938 Death - Sydney Baynes composer, dies at 59 1940 Birth - Raul Julia San Juan Puerto Rico, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Eyes of Laura Mars) 1941 Birth - Ger van Each sculptor 1941 Birth - Jim Colbert Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open) 1941 Death - Carlos Pedrell composer, dies at 62 1942 Birth - Bert Campaneris shortstop (Oakland A's) 1942 Birth - John Cale Welsh/US bassist/violinist/singer (Velvet Underground) 1942 Birth - Mark Lindsay Eugene OR, rocker (Paul Revere & the Raiders) 1942 Construction of the Alaska Highway began 1943 Birth - Bobby Fischer US, world chess champion (1972-75) 1943 Birth - Trish Van Devere [Patricia Dressel] Englewood Cliffs NJ, actress (Changeling, Movie Movie, Hearse) 1943 Death - Oskar Hks Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 1943 Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown 1943 Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps 1944 Birth - Geoff Arnold cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75) 1944 Birth - Lee Irvine cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970) 1944 Birth - Trevor Burton rocker (Move) 1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb 1945 Birth - Laura Lee [Rundless] singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights) 1945 Birth - Ray Royer rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1945 Birth - Robin Trower London England, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1945 Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China 1946 Birth - Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6) 1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1947 Death - Stanley Jackson cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies 1948 Birth - Jamie Lyn Bauer Phoenix AZ, actress (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls) 1948 Birth - Jeffrey Osborne Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love) 1948 Birth - Jimmy Fadden Long Beach CA, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1948 Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia 1949 Birth - Kalevi Aho composer 1949 Personal posting - Jane is Born 1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1949 The first all-electric dining car was placed in service -- on the Illinois Central Railroad. 1950 Birth - Danny Sullivan Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) 1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York NY 1952 Birth - Iuliana Semenova USSR, basketball (Olympics-gold-1976) 1952 Birth - William Kirby Cullen Santa Ana CA, actor (How the West Was Won) 1953 Birth - Henritte J Toll actress (Soldier of Orange) 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow 1954 Birth - Charmain Elaine Sylvers rocker 1954 Birth - Keven Wade Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls) 1954 McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy," produced by Edward R. Murrow. 1954 This was the day that critics called"TV’s coming of age." Edward R. Murrow presented his report on Joseph R. McCarthy, the controversial Wisconsin Senator, . 1954 WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials 1955 Birth - Fernando Bujones Miami FL, ballet dancer 1955 Birth - Ornella Muti Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife) 1955 Birth - Teo Fabi formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983) 1955 Death - Matthew A Henson met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1957 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 Birth - Faith Daniels news anchor (CBS-TV) 1957 Birth - Jeff Senior Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1957 Birth - Jon Engen Oslo Norway, US biathlete (Olympics-1994) 1957 In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 8.8 quake, one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World and one of the 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States. 1957 The magnitude 8.6 1957 Andreanof Islands Earthquake and tsunami occurs. 1958 Birth - Martin Fry rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart) 1959 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1959 Birth - Barbie doll (Mattel) 1959 Birth - Kato [Brian] Kaelin actor (Beach Fever)/OJ houseguest/witness 1959 Birth - Lonny Price New York NY, actor (Muppets Take Manhattan) 1959 The Barbie doll debuts. 1959 The first known radar contact is made with Venus 1960 Birth - Linda Fiorentino Philadelphia PA, actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns) 1960 Birth - Mike Leach Minneapolis MN, tennis star 1961 First animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9 1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit 1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again" 1962 Birth - Brian Green Columbus IN, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children, Sam Fowler-Another World) 1962 Death - Dr Howard Engstrom Boston MA, a designer of Univac computer dies at 59 1962 Death - Howard Engstrom Boston MA, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59 1962 US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 1963 Beatles began first British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez 1963 Birth - Kent Ferguson Cedar Rapids IA, diver (Olympics-92, 96) 1963 Birth - Terry Mulholland Uniontown PA, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1964 Birth - Phil Housley St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team USA Olympics-98) 1964 Death - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 1964 Death - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Prussian General/politician, dies at 93 1964 The first of many Ford Mustangs is produced 1965 Birth - Benito Santiago Ponce PR, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1965 Birth - Brian Bosworth NFL quarterback (Seattle) 1965 Birth - Juliette Binoche Paris France, actress (English Patient, Unbearable Lightness of Being) 1965 Death - Anthon van der Horst Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65 1965 Death - Kazys Boruta writer, dies 1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes first black Governor of Federal Reserve Board 1966 Birth - Louis Oliver NFL safety (Miami Dolphins) 1967 Birth - Curt Schreiner Albany NY, biathlete (Olympics-1994) 1967 Birth - Eric Flaim Pembroke MA, short track skater (Olympics-1994) 1967 Birth - Michael Kiselak CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts) 1967 Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. 1967 Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West 1968 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sergeant Pepper win 1969 Birth - Bryce Burnett NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons) 1969 Birth - George Nimako CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts) 1969 Birth - Mahmoud Abdul Rauf NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets) 1969 Death - Riad chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies 1969 Death - Richard Crane actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 1969 Personal posting - Diana Jones, Best mom in the world was born 1970 Birth - Melissa Rathburn-Nealy US soldier (Iraqi POW) 1971 Birth - Bev Oden Millington TN, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96) 1971 Birth - Emmanuel Lewis Brooklyn NY, actor (Webster) 1971 Birth - Jiro Nihei hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) 1971 Birth - Lou Benfatti NFL defensive tackle (New York Jets) 1971 Birth - Sean Holcomb NFL linebacker (New England Patriots) 1971 Death - Jean-Pierre Guezek composer, dies at 36 1972 Birth - Marcia M Griffith Washington DC, Miss Maryland-America (1995) 1972 Birth - Sara Nicole Williams Miss Washington-USA (1997) 1973 Birth - David Prinosil Olmutz Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport) 1973 Birth - Josh LaRocca WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire) 1973 Birth - Troy Bailey WLAF defensive end (Scotland Claymores) 1973 Canada starts direct air service with Federal Republic of Germany and People's Republic of China 1974 Birth - Mark Harrity cricketer (promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler) 1974 Death - Earl W Sutherland Jr US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1974 Number one hit on UK music charts - Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind 1975 Birth - Adonal Foyle NBA center (San Francisco Warriors) 1975 Birth - Roy Makaay Dutch soccer player (Vitesse) 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. 1975 Death - Joseph Dunninger New York NY, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1975 Death - Shirley Ross actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62 1976 Forty-two people die in a Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date. 1976 The first female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington DC, siege ended March 11th 1977 The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims take over 3 buildings in Washington, DC, killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends 2 days later. 1979 Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters 1979 Death - Barbara Mullen actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 1980 Death - Olga Chekova actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News 1981 Death - Max Delbrck German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74 1982 Death - Alan Badel actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 Death - Rex Marshall TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 1982 Death - Richard A Butler England, minister of Finance, dies at 79 1983 Caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London 1983 Death - Faye Emerson actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1984 The Competitive Enterprise Institute in founded in Washington, D.C. 1985 Death - Edward Andrews actor (Broadside, Harry-Supertrain), dies at 70 1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts - Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 1985 The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time. 1986 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000 1986 Death - Ned Calmer TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts 1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km 1986 United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily-damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The bodies of all seven astronauts were still inside. 1987 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day. 1988 Death - Kurt Georg Kiesinger West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp 1989 A strike forces financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines into bankruptcy. 1989 Death - Robert Mapplethorpe US photographer, dies at 42 1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy 1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 1990 Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as first hispanic/female US surgeon general 1990 Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position. 1990 Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord, effectively killing the Accord. 1991 Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Miloevi in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are in the streets. 1991 US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit 1992 Death - Felipe Turich actor (Lawless), dies 1992 Death - Jack McEdward assistant director (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94 1992 Death - James Brooks US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85 1992 Death - Menachim Begin Israeli prime minister (1977-1983, Nobel 1979), dies at 79 1993 Death - Ad van Gessel Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies 1993 Death - Bob Crosby swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1993 Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles, California police officers accused of violating King's civil rights when they beat him during an arrest. 1994 Death - Charles Bukowski author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 Death - Fernando Rey Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1994 Death - John Harrison South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 1994 Death - Lawrence E Spivak journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1994 Death - Louis Freeman band leader, dies at 100 1994 Death - Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer, dies at 77 1994 IRA launch first of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 Death - Ian Ballantine publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Death - Ruud van den Hende Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 1995 In the Atlantic, Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin orders Canadian fisheries patrol vessel to seize a Spanish trawler for illegally taking undersized turbot outside Canada's 200-mile offshore limit 1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) 1995 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns 1996 Death - Alan Hugh Iliffe psychologist, dies at 77 1996 Death - Elman Ali Ahmed peace campaigner, dies at 42 1996 Death - Peter Mansfield writer, dies at 67 1997 Death - Notorius B I G [Biggie Small Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24 1997 Death - Terry Nation writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66 2006 Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn. 2007 The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the FBI had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act, to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens. 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