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Facts
1477 Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia
1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers' Party
1930 Mao Zedong writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
1949 US President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
Deaths
842 Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1762 Elizabeth of Russia [Elizaveta Petrovna], tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52
1922 Ernest Shackleton, British-Irish polar explorer (Endurance, Antarctica), dies of a heart attack at 47
1933 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
1939 Amelia Earhart, American aviator and 1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, declared dead at 41 after her disappearance over the Pacific Ocean in 1937
1941 Amy Johnson, British pilot who was the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia, dies during a ferry flight at 37
1988 Pete Maravich, American basketball player, dies of heart failure at 40
1994 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur), dies at 81
2007 Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles, dies of heart failure at 96
Sport
1937 Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
1993 Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
1996 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula announces his retirement
Films and TV
1927 Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
Born on this day
1946 Diane Keaton, American actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl), born in Los Angeles, California
1965 Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Amelia Earhart
Brian Johnston