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1821Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
1991Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
1984Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1984Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President
43 BCOctavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
1791Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
192236th US Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (6-3 6-1)
1961US vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
1921Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits
1976President Gerald R Ford wins Republican presidential nomination at KC convention
1919Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine), (d. 1990)
1946Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd United States President (Democrat, 1993-01)
1871Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers), (d. 1912)
1878Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, Second President of Philippines (1935-42)
1956Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado
1935French singer Edith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris
1993Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin
1800Social reformer Elizabeth Fry (20) weds tea dealer Joseph Fry (23) at the Norwich Quaker Meeting House in Norwich, England
14Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
1994Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies at 93
1977Groucho Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1822Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, dies at 72
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