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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII.
In 1667 Abraham De Moivre French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem), born.
In 1799 Alexander S Pushkin Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin), born.
In 1886 Al Jolson jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), born.
In 1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned.
In 1907 John Wayne "Duke", [Marion Michael Morrison] actor (True Grit), born.
In 1913 Peter Cushing England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), born.
In 1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declared independence from Russia.
In 1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run.
In 1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens.
In 1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb.
In 1946 Stevie Nicks Phoenix Az, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna), born.
In 1948 South Africa elects a nationalist govt with apartheid policy.
In 1957 Siouxsie [Susan Ballion], (Siouxsie and the Bandshee-Wild Thing), born.
In 1966 British Guiana gains independence, takes the name Guyana.
In 1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth.
In 1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montrael).
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