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Facts
627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada
1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over
1946 UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr
2000 United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
2015 COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels
Deaths
884 Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies
1574 Selim II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-74, dies of head injury after a fall at 50
1586 Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1913 Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)
1939 Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (The Mark of Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 56
1965 Johnny Lee, American actor (Song of the South, The Amos 'n' Andy Show), dies from a heart attack at 67
1985 Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
1991 Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93
1995 James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76
2006 Peter Boyle, American actor, dies of multiple myeloma at 71
2007 Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931)
2013 Audrey Totter, American actress, dies from a stroke at 95
Born on this day
1962 Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills California, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)
1982 Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Ike Turner
Audrey Totter