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2012
Blackout in India as power grid failure leaves 300 million+ without power.
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2003
The last of the uniquely shaped “old style” Volkswagen Beetles rolls off the assembly line in Mexico.
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1990
Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent forces George Steinbrenner to resign as principal partner of the New York Yankees.
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1988
King Hussein dissolves Jordan’s Parliament, surrenders Jordan’s claims to the West Bank to the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
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1975
Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears, last seen coming out of a restaurant in Bloomingfield Hills, Michigan.
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1967
General William Westmoreland claims that he is winning the war in Vietnam, but needs more men.
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1965
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law.
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1961
Laurence Fishburne, actor (The Matrix series, The Tuskegee Airmen TV movie, CSI – Crime Scene Investigation TV series).
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1960
Over 60,000 Buddhists march in protest against the Diem government in South Vietnam.
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1958
Kate Bush, singer, songwriter; first woman to have a UK number-one single with a self-written song (“Wuthering Heights”); appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2013.
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1947
Arnold Schwarzenegger, body builder (Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia), actor (Terminator, Total Recall), 38th governor of California.
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1945
David Sanborn, Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist (“Inside,” “Close-Up”).
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1941
Paul Anka, singer (“Puppy Love,” “You Are My Destiny”).
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1940
Patricia Schroeder, U.S. Congresswoman.
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A bombing lull ends the first phase of the Battle of Britain.