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1974Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1994Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
1997SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
1963Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1810Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, executed.
1975Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1959The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
1986Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
19784th People's Choice Awards: John Wayne & Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and James Garner & Mary Tyler Moore win (TV)
1832Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
1942Phil Esposito, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
1887Vincent Massey, Toronto Ontario, Governor General of Canada
1963Charles Barkley, Leads Alabama, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
1988Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1951Gordon Brown, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, British Labour Prime Minister (2007—10)
1967Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen Washington, rock vocalist (Nirvana)
1968Comedian John Cleese (Monty Python) marries actress Connie Booth
1989Police violence victim Rodney King (23) weds Crystal Lynnette Waters
1895Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
1907Henri Moissan [Ferdinand-Frederic-], chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54
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