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(Public) On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day

In 323 B.C. Alexander the Great dies of fever at Babylon.
In 40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general; conquered Wales and Northern England, born.
In 823 Charles II (the Bald) king of France (843-77), emperor (875-77), born.
In 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed.
In 1752 Fanny Burney, England, author (Camille, Evelina), born.
In 1773 Thomas Young proponent of the wave theory of light, born.
In 1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of Erewhon, Christchurch, N.Z..
In 1865 William Butler Yeats Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), born.
In 1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns.
In 1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians.
In 1940 Paris evacuated before the German advance.
In 1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks.
In 1970 Beatles' Let It Be, album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks, Beatles' Long and Winding Road, single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks.
In 1980 UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela.
In 1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II.
In 1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on Tomorrow.
In 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69.
In 1982 King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, dies at 69.
In 1986 Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77.
In 1892 Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes), born.
In 1893 Dorothy L Sayers England, novelist (9 Taylors), born.
In 1971 Broderick nonuplets Sydney Australia (7 of 9 survived infancy), born.
In 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System.
In 1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency.
In 1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight distance record, Seattle, U.S.A. to Narobi, Kenya.