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Facts
1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World
1657 Flushing Remonstrance petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland protesting ban on Quaker worship
1939 Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake in Erzincam, Turkey
1945 International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries based on ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia
1979 Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown
Deaths
1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of the US State of Texas, dies at 43
1923 Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
1978 Chris Bell, American rock guitarist (Big Star), dies in a car crash at 27
2007 Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan is assassinated at 54
2012 Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr, US Army General, dies from complications from pneumonia at 78
2015 Meadowlark Lemmon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 83
2016 Carrie Fisher, American actress (Princess Leia in Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...) and writer (Postcards from the Edge), dies at 60 four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles
Sport
1897 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
Films and TV
1927 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" premieres in New York City
1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
1979 Soap Opera "Knots Landing" premieres on CBS-TV
Born on this day
1946 Janet Street-Porter, British TV personality (Youth)
1948 Gérard Depardieu, French actor
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Gustave Eiffel
Meadowlark Lemmon