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Facts
1460 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England), Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for King Henry VI
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1906 The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, later laid down the foundations of Pakistan
1922 Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR
1924 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society
1950 Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states within the French Union
Deaths
274 St Felix I, dies and ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1691 Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
1896 Jose Protacio Rizal, Filipino nationalist and novelist ('Noli Me Tángere', 'El Filibusterismo') is executed by firing squad at 35
1931 Tyrone Power Sr., British actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton, Alexanders Ragtime Band)), dies at 62
1967 Vincent Massey, Canadian diplomat, 1st Canadian-born Governor General of Canada (1952-59), dies at 80
1970 Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), dies at 38
1984 Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1998 Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
2006 Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (1979-2003), hanged in Baghdad at 69
2014 Luise Rainer, German and American actress, - 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (1936, 1937), dies at 104
Sport
1932 Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG
1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
2008 NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Denver Broncos
Films and TV
1939 "Of Mice and Men", starring Burgess Meredith as George, Lon Chaney Jr. as Lennie, is released
1953 The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
Born on this day
1975 Tiger Woods, American golfer (14 Majors and 79 PGA wins), born in Cypress, California
1984 LeBron James, American NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat) born in Akron, Ohio
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Sonny Liston
Saddam Hussein