Boris Pasternak, Russian author (Dr. Zhivago) Nobel 1958, born (1890)

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Bertolt Brecht, German playwright (Mother Courage), born (1898)

Mark Spitz, U.S. Olympic swimmer and winner of 7 gold medals in 1972, born (1950)

Stella Adler, American director and acting teacher, born (902)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (Little House on the Prairie), died at 90 (1957)

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Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, German physicist (Nobel 1901), died at 77 (1923)

Alex Haley, Black American author (Roots), died at 70 (1992)

Academie Francaise formed in Paris by Cardinal Richelieu (1635)

Gary Powers, captured American U-2 pilot was exchanged for a Russian spy held by the U.S. (1962)

Edmund Halley was appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England (1720)

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Treaty of Paris ended the French & Indian War (1763)

Arthur Miller's “Death of A Salesman” premiered on Broadway (1949)

25th US Amendment, providing continuity of power if the president becomes disabled or ill, was ratified (1967)

IBM Corp.’s computer named Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov (1996)

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