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

In 2348 B.C. Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (calculated date).
In 1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights.
In 1531 Richard Roose boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop.
In 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
In 1795 Sir Henry Havelock British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39), born.
In 1847 The opera Die Fledermaus is produced (Vienna).
In 1895 Writer Oscar Wilde is arrested.
In 1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens.
In 1900 Spencer Tracy actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib), born.
In 1908 Bette Davis Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel), born.
In 1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli film producer, born.
In 1916 Gregory Peck La Jolla Calif, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur), born.
In 1923 Nguyen Van Thieu president of South Vietnam, born.
In 1929 Nigel Hawthorne actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II (Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister), Richard III), born.
In 1941 Eric Burdon rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), born.
In 1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days.
In 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death.
In 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, That's All Right.
In 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him.
In 1958 Cammie Lusko LA Calif, Guinness' World Strongest Woman, born.
In 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m.
In 1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me).
In 1964 Douglas MacArthur US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84.
In 1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy.
In 1975 Chai Kai-shek leader (Taiwan), dies.
In 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as British PM.
In 1976 Howard Hughes reclusive billionaire, dies at 72.
In 1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m).
In 1987 Fox TV network premiers showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman.
In 1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland.
In 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched.
In 1991 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq.