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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1547 Ivan IV the Terrible crowned 1st tsar of Russia.
In 1765 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major).
In 1853 Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin), born.
In 1908 Ethel Merman stage and screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam), born.
In 1948 John Carpenter, director/composer (Halloween, The Thing), born.
In 1957 Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in England.
In 1963 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb.
In 1979 Ted Cassidy Pittsburgh, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46.
In 1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt.
In 1989 USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars.
In 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins. US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times).
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