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2012 Event - The first commercial spacecraft, SpaceX Dragon, docks with the International Space Station when it completes docking at 12:02pm EDT

2002 Death - Robert Forward, writer, Dragon's Egg, dies at 70

2001 Death - Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77

1997 Event - World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24

1997 Death - King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64

1981 Death - Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies

1976 Birthday - Piper Perabo, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, films include, 'George and the Dragon', 'The Cave', 'The Prestige'

1973 Death - Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32

1969 Birthday - Edward Norton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, appeared in films, 'Primal Fear', 'Rounder', 'Fight Club', 'Red Dragon', 'The Illusionist'

1967 Death - Lyle Latell, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon), dies at 63

1965 Event - Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue

1963 Event - "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2

1962 Birthday - Michelle Yeoh, born in Ipoh, Malaysia, actress, films include, 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', considered greatest action heroine ever

1959 Death - Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies

1957 Birthday - Cynthia Rothrock, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actress, Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory

1955 Birthday - Chow Yun-Fat, born in Lamma Island, China, actor, appeared in 'The Killer', 'A Better Tomorrow', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

1953 Birthday - Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat, Richard Blood, wrestler, NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA

1949 Event - Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy

1943 Event - King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples

1943 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)

1942 Birthday - Daryl Dragon, born in Pasadena, California, keyboardist, Captain and Tennille

1938 Birthday - Peter Yarrow, New York City, Peter, Paul and Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon

1933 Birthday - Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon

1932 Birthday - Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake

1932 Birthday - King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn'

1920 Birthday - Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves

1910 Event - Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon," premieres

1904 Birthday - Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon

1902 Birthday - Seton I Miller, Chehalis, Washington, writer, Pete's Dragon, Istanbul

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