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  • Johannes Kepler - by his own calculations - is conceived at 4:37 AM
  • James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson - in London
  • Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France
  • Congress authorizes nickel 5› piece (replaces silver half-dime)
  • President Johnson acquitted in Senate - by 1 vote
  • Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
  • Ewing Field - near Masonic Street - opens
  • Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome
  • Bob Meusel steals 2nd 3rd & Home
  • 1st Academy Awards (Best film is Wings)
  • Israel issues its 1st stamps
  • American author & critic James Agee died in NY
  • Kraft Theatre presented an act from Profiles in Courage
  • Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident - leads to Billy Martin trade
  • Gordon Cooper completes 22 Earth orbits in Faith 7
  • Venera 5 lands on Venus
  • 1st class postage now costs 8› (was 6›)
  • Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
  • Canucks 1-Isles 3 - Stanley Cup- Isles win cup 4-0 (15-4)
  • Isles win 3rd Cup in row def Canucks in Vancouver 3-1 in game 4


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