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2013 Event - Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes

2012 Event - Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions

2011 Event - In Texas, wildfires continue burning, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land

2010 Event - In San Bruno, California, a fire begins with a massive explosion in a natural gas line, kills 4 people, destroys many homes, and continues burning

1993 Death - Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56

1990 Event - U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass

1990 Death - Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79

1975 Event - Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes

1968 Event - "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning

1964 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning

1955 Birthday - Willem Dafoe, born in Wisconsin, actor, Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning

1953 Event - Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal

1953 Birthday - Brian Matthews, Philadelphia, actor, Burning

1951 Death - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58

1950 Death - John G Fletcher, U.S. poet (Burning Mountain), dies

1946 Birthday - Farrah Fawcett, born in Texas, actress, Charley's Angels, Burning Bed

1945 Birthday - Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer

1944 Event - During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane

1942 Birthday - Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand

1939 Birthday - Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College

1913 Birthday - Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning

1910 Birthday - Joel Fluellen, born in Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree

1910 Event - 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon

1889 Birthday - Frank Mayo, silent screen actor, Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters

1886 Event - Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor

1829 Event - Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre

1772 Event - Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders

1553 Event - Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud

1520 Event - 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain

1517 Event - 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands













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