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Template:Linked-title is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years ). There are 284 days remaining.
Events
238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian III are proclaimed Roman emperors .1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags .1622 - Jamestown massacre : Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia , a third of the colony's population.1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice , and gaming tables.1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act , which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies .1784 - The Emerald Buddha was moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew , Thailand .1809 - Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.1849 - The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara .1871 - In North Carolina , William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment .1873 - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery .1888 - The Football League is formed.1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.1895 - First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière .1923 - The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt .1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine .1939 - World War II : Germany takes Memel from Lithuania .1941 - Washington 's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity .1942 - World War II : In the Mediterranean Sea , Britain's Royal Navy thwarts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte .1943 - World War II : the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.1945 - The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo , Egypt .1954 - Closed since 1939 , the London bullion market reopens.1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser .1963 - Please Please Me Beatles album , is released in the UK .1975 - A fire at the Brown's Ferry nuclear reactor in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.1978 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico .1979 - Margaret Thatcher puts down an Early Day Motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan .1984 - Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.1993 - The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS , and a 64 bit data path.1995 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space .1996 - Göran Persson succeeds Ingvar Carlsson as Swedish prime minister .1997 - Tara Lipinski , age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world figure skating competition.1997 - The comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth .
2004 - Ahmed Yassin , co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas , and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles .2006 - ETA , armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.2006 - Queen of the North Gil Island and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
2006 - Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox .
Births
1999 - Wilson Biggs started Wilson Car Co. 1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1234 )1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk , English politician (d. 1399 )1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519 )1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini , Italian writer (d. 1583 )1599 - Anthony van Dyck , Flemish painter (d. 1641 )1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672 )1663 - August Hermann Francke , German Protestant minister (d. 1727 )1712 - Edward Moore , English writer (d. 1757 )1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect (d. 1799 )1723 - Charles Carroll , American statesman (d. 1783 )1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888 )1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews , American abolitionist (d. 1886 )1817 - Bahá'u'lláh , Persian prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892 )1817 - Braxton Bragg , American Confederate general (d. 1876 )
1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks , English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846 )1860 - Alfred Ploetz , German physician (d. 1940 )1866 - Jack Boyle , American baseball player (d. 1913 )1868 - Robert Millikan , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953 )1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo , 1st Pesident of the Philippines Republic (d. 1964 )1878 - Michel Théato , Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919 )1880 - Ernie Quigley , Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960 )1887 - Chico Marx , American comedian and actor (d. 1961 )1896 - He Long , Chinese marshal (d. 1969 )1901 - Greta Kempton , American artist (d. 1991 )1907 - Lucia dos Santos , Portuguese nun (d. 2005 )1908 - Louis L'Amour , American author (d. 1988 )1909 - Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author (d. 1983 )1912 - Wilfrid Brambell , Irish actor (d. 1985 )1912 - Karl Malden , American actor
1913 - Tom McCall , Governor of Oregon (d. 1983 )1913 - Lew Wasserman , American film studio executive (d. 2002 )
1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov , Russian actor and writer1918 - Cheddi Jagan , President of Guyana (d. 1997 )1920 - Werner Klemperer , German actor (d. 2000 )1920 - Ross Martin , Polish-American actor (d. 1981 )
1923 - Marcel Marceau , French mime 1924 - Allen Neuharth , American businessman1928 - Carrie Donovan , American fashion editor (d. 2001 )1928 - Ed Macauley , American basketball player
1930 - Derek Bok , American lawyer and educator1930 - Pat Robertson , American televangelist
1930 - Stephen Sondheim , American composer and lyricist
1931 - Burton Richter , American physicist, Nobel laureate 1931 - William Shatner , Canadian actor
1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr , former President of Iran 1933 - May Britt , Swedish actress
1934 - Orrin Hatch , American politician1935 - M. Emmet Walsh , American actor1936 - Ron Carey , American labor leader1936 - Roger Whittaker , British singer
1937 - Armin Hary , German athlete1940 - Haing S. Ngor , Cambodian actor (d. 1996 )1940 - Dave Keon , Canadian ice hockey player
1941 - Jeremy Clyde , British actor1941 - Billy Collins , American poet
1941 - Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor
1943 - George Benson , American musician1943 - Keith Relf , British musician (The Yardbirds ) (d. 1976 )
1946 - Rudy Rucker , American author1948 - Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber , British composer
1949 - Fanny Ardant , French actress1950 - Jocky Wilson , darts player1952 - Bob Costas , American sports commentator1955 - Pete Sessions , American politician1955 - Lena Olin , Swedish actress
1956 - Generosa Ammon , widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003 )1957 - Stephanie Mills , American actress1958 - Laurie David , American political activist; wife of Larry David 1959 - Matthew Modine , American actor1959 - Carlton Cuse , Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1966 - Artis Pabriks , Latvian politician1966 - Song Kwang Sik , Korean singer
1967 - Mario Cipollini , Italian cyclist1968 - Euronymous , Norwegian musician1970 - Leontien van Moorsel , Dutch cyclist1970 - Andreas Johnson , Swedish singer
1972 - Shawn Bradley , American basketball player1972 - Elvis Stojko , Canadian figure skater
1973 - Joe Nedney , American football player1974 - Marcus Camby , American basketball player1974 - Kidada Jones , American actress
1975 - Jiří Novák , Czech tennis player1976 - Teun de Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player1976 - Reese Witherspoon , American actress
1979 - Aaron North , American musician1980 - Shannon Bex , American singer (Danity Kane )1980 - Pamela O'Connor , Scottish ice dancer
Deaths
1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , English politician (b. 1278 )1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim , German historian1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence , second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388 )1544 - Johannes Magnus , last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488 )1602 - Agostino Carracci , Italian artist (b. 1557 )1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638 )1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully , Italian-born French composer (b. 1632 )1758 - Jonathan Edwards , American minister (b. 1703 )1758 - Richard Leveridge , English bass and composer (b. 1670 )
1772 - John Canton , English physicist (b. 1718 )1820 - Stephen Decatur , American naval officer (b. 1779 )1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German writer (b. 1749 )1840 - Étienne Bobillier , French mathematician (b. 1798 )1896 - Thomas Hughes , English novelist (b. 1822 )1913 - Sung Chiao-jen , Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882 )1924 - William Macewen , Scottish surgeon (b. 1848 )1945 - John Hessin Clarke , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857 )1951 - Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )1952 - Uncle Dave Macon , American musician (b. 1870 )1958 - Mike Todd , American film producer (b. 1909 )1974 - Peter Revson , American racecar driver (b.1939 )1977 - A.K. Gopalan , Indian communist leader (b. 1904 )1978 - Karl Wallenda , German acrobat (b. 1905 )1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott , American track coach (b. 1915 )1986 - Charles Starrett , American actor (b. 1903 )1990 - Gerald Bull , Canadian engineer (b. 1928 )1994 - Dan Hartman , American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950 )1994 - Walter Lantz , American cartoonist (b. 1900 )
1999 - David Strickland , American actor (b. 1969 )2001 - William Hanna , American animator and studio founder (b. 1910 )2003 - Terry Lloyd , English reporter (b. 1952 )2004 - Ahmed Yassin , Palestinian co-founder of Hamas2005 - Kenzo Tange , Japanese architect (b. 1913 )2006 - Pierre Clostermann , French World War II pilot (b. 1921 )2006 - Kurt von Trojan , Australian science fiction author (b. 1937 )
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