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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
In 352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 884 St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus), born.
In 1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey).
In 1630 Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface.
In 1672 Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada).
In 1749 Edward Jenner England, physician, started vaccination, born.
In 1809 Papal States annexed by France.
In 1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Norwegian National Day). Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll.
In 1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer discovered Helium/founded Nature magazine, born.
In 1900 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran's spiritual leader, born.
In 1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam.
In 1936 Dennis Hopper actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider), born.
In 1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France.
In 1942 Taj Mahal NYC, singer/songwriter (The Real Thing), born.
In 1950 Christian Lacroix, French couturier, born.
In 1956 "Sugar" Ray Leonard welter/middle/light-heavyweight boxing champion, born.
In 1963 Brigitte Nielsen actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino), born.
In 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft 'Ra'.
In 1975 10cc releases I'm Not in Love.
In 1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty.
In 1989 Nelson Mandela recieves a BA from University of South Africa.
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