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

In 121 Marcus Aurelius 16th Roman emperor (161-80), philosopher, born.
In 757 Stephen II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn.
In 1711 David Hume England, empiricists (Treatise of Human Nature), born.
In 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France.
In 1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant, born.
In 1865 John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin, is shot dead.
In 1895 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau, born.
In 1900 Charles Richter, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale), born.
In 1904 William "Count" Basie jazz pianist, born.
In 1948 Stevie Nicks, rocker (Fleetwood Mac), born.
In 1960 Roger Taylor rock drummer (Duran Duran), born.
In 1962 US/UK launch of Ariel satellite; 1st international payload.
In 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Tanzanian Union Day).
In 1968 US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device.
In 1970 Gypsy Rose Lee stripper/actress, dies at 56.
In 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam.
In 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island.
In 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club, the home of the Beatles, reopens.
In 1984 Count Basie jazz piano great, dies at 79.
In 1986 Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger marry.
In 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die.
In 1989 Lucille Ball comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack.