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Facts
1790 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)
1877 Thomas Edison's phonograph is announced by Scientific American
1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu
1990 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president
2010 Repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy", a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama
Deaths
69 Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome
1100 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia
1681 Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
1893 Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91
1943 Beatrix Potter, English children's writer and illustrator ("The Tale of Peter Rabbit") dies aged 77
1959 Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60
1988 Chico Mendes, Brazilian environmental activist and rubber tapper, assassinated at 44 by rancher Darcy Alves
1989 Samuel Beckett, Irish French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83
1995 Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind, Flame of Barbary Coast), dies in a fire at 84
1997 John Pinkerton, English computer scientist who designed the first business computer in England, the LEO computer, dies at 78
2014 Joe Cocker, English rock musician (With a Little Help from My Friends), dies of lung cancer at 70
2016 Miruts Yifter 'Yifter the Shifter', Ethiopian runner (Olympic golds 1980), dies at 72
Born on this day
1960 Tyrell Biggs, US super HW boxer (Olympic gold 1984), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972 Vanessa Paradis, French model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding)
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Joe Cocker
Miruts Yifter