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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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