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2012 Event - New findings from MESSENGER, NASA's space probe, indicate almost definitively, that the north pole of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has water ice buried beneath the surface

2011 Event - The U.S. state of Arizona has an enormous wildfire covering almost 500 square miles; it is not contained and is sending smoke across several other states

2009 Event - Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang

2003 Death - Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116

1993 Death - Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33

1987 Event - "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1

1982 Event - NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features

1982 Event - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years

1981 Event - Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike

1979 Birthday - Kate Hudson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award nominee for movie, 'Almost Famous', other films include 'Raising Helen', 'Nine'

1977 Event - President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders

1973 Event - New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed

1971 Event - Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run

1968 Birthday - Billy Crudup, born in Manhattan, New York, actor, appeared in film, 'Dedication', 'Watchmen', 'Public Enemies', 'Almost Famous', 'Big Fish'

1965 Event - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

1956 Event - East Germany frees almost 19,000 prisoners

1955 Event - "Almost Crazy" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 16 performances

1955 Event - "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances

1945 Event - Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin

1943 Event - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany

1935 Birthday - David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette

1930 Birthday - Charlie Jones, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, sportscaster, Almost Anything Goes

1915 Event - Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed

1913 Event - Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously

1902 Event - Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist

1896 Event - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs

1895 Birthday - Louise Fazenda, Lafayette, Indiana, actress/comedienne, Almost an actress

1879 Event - F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store, failed almost immediately

1575 Event - Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died

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