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1986Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
1937Stalin executes Russian officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna & Uberevitch
1865President Andrew Johnson proclaims reconstruction of confederate states
1976Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam
1989Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1927Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
199339th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1981Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
1828Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator
2002Scotty Bowman wins his 9th Stanley Cup as a coach, an NHL record, and retires
1986Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress (Michelle-Full House)
1951Mike Weaver, Gatesville Texas, WBA World Heavyweight Champion
1986Ashley Fuller Olsen, twin actress (Michelle-Full House)
1897Paavo Johannes Nurmi, Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1920/24/28)
1953Tim Allen, Denver Colorado, comedian (Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle)
1892Basil Rathbone, Johannesburg South Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1850Poet laureate Alfred Tennyson (40) weds Emily Sellwood (36)
1625English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette
1525Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1859Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (37) weds Mary Cleveland
1861Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician and father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65
2014Chuck Noll, NFL head coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of natural causes at 82
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