1995 Event Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) 1991 Death Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies 1991 Event U.S. insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil" 1980 Event At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1976 Event TCricket est debut of Javed Miandad, scores 163 on 1st day 1951 Event 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1950 Event Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25) 1935 Birthday Werner Erhard, Philadelphia, founded EST 1923 Birthday Wim Van Est, Locomotief/Pletmolen, Dutch cyclist 1811 Birthday Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1613 Death Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies 1421 Event Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands