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1996Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34
1982Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1981Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism
1970Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
1978Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow
1938British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden
1968"Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1985Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert
1904Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1254Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer (Il Milione), (d. 1324)
1789James Fenimore Cooper, Burlington New Jersey, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans)
1890Agatha Christie, Torquay Devon, British crime writer (Murder on Orient Express), (d. 1976)
1961Dan Marino, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins)
1936ashley j cooper, Melbourne Victoria, Australian tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1857William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice
1991NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly
1981Professional boxer George Foreman (32) weds Sharon Goodson
17944th US President James Madison (43) weds Dolley Madison (26) in Jefferson County, West Virginia
1962Actress Janet Leigh (35) weds stockbroker Robert Brandt
1957Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23) in Winchester, England
1951Actor Peter Sellers (26) weds actress Anne Howe n London, England
1938Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 37
2004Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones
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