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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1625 Charles I King of England, Scotland, and Ireland ascends to throne.
In 1836 First Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio.
In 1860 M. L. Byrn of New York patented a corkscrew.
In 1863 Sir Henry Royce, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce, born.
In 1912 James Callaghan, former British Prime Minister, born.
In 1934 Arthur Mitchell, dancer, dance company director, born.
In 1942 Michael York, actor (Three Musketeers), born.
In 1945 Gen. Eisenhower declared German defences on Western Front broken.
In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of Communist Party.
In 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on the Richter scale, 100 killed.
In 1968 Cosmonaut Gagarin, first man to orbit earth died in a plane crash.
In 1977 582 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM 747 crashes into Pan Am 747 on a foggy runway.
In 1986 'Baby M', famed surrogate, born.
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