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1993 Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56
1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes 1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning 1964 Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 1957 Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning 1955 Willem Dafoe, born in Wisconsin, actor, Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning 1953 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal 1953 Brian Matthews, Philadelphia, actor, Burning 1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58 1950 John G Fletcher, U.S. poet (Burning Mountain), dies 1946 Farrah Fawcett, born in Texas, actress, Charley's Angels, Burning Bed 1945 Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer 1944 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane 1942 Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand 1939 Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1913 Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1910 Joel Fluellen, born in Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree 1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1889 Frank Mayo, silent screen actor, Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters 1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1772 Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders 1553 Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud 1520 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain 1517 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands |
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