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1961Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1961JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
1918Trotsky gains control of the Red Army
198814th People's Choice Awards: Michael Douglas & Glenn Close win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Cybill Shepherd win (TV)
1865Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
198612th People's Choice Awards: Sylvester Stallone & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby, Linda Evans win (TV)
1835Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
1922George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh V" premieres in NYC
1987John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
1855Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
1913William J Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87)
1926Country singer Maybelle Carter (17) weds Ezra Carter
1961Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
1901Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (1889-93), dies in Indianapolis at 67
1906Susan Brownell Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85
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