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2009
US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly accuse Iran of building a secrecy nuclear enrichment facility.
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2008
China launches Shenzhou 7 spacecraft; crew performs China’s first extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
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1996
Ireland’s last Magdalene laundry closes; begun as asylums to rehabilitate “fallen women,” they increasingly took on prison-like qualities.
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1992
NASA launches Mars Observer probe; it fails 11 months later.
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1983
Maze Prison escape, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; 38 IRA prisoners escape in the largest prison breakout in British history; known among Irish republicans as the Great Escape.
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1981
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, is sworn in.
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1974
Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.
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1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress (The Darling Buds of May British TV series) won Academy Award and BAFTA Award for her role in Chicago.
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1968
Will Smith, rapper (known as The Fresh Prince, “Getting’ Jiggy Wit It”), actor, producer; awards include four Grammys.
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1965
Scottie Pippen, pro basketball player (Chicago Bulls), played important role in Bull’s record 72-win season (1995-96).
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1964
Maria Doyle Kennedy, actress (The Tudors), composer, singer, songwriter, musician.
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1961
Heather Locklear, actress (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Spin City TV series).
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1959
President Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begin Camp David talks.
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1956
Kim Thompson, editor, publisher; co-founder of Fantagraphics Books.
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1951
Mark Hamill actor, voice actor, producer, director, writer (Luke Skywalker in Star Wars; voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series).