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1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980

1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon

1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies

1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48

1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far

1979 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1974 Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54

1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR)

1967 Nicole Kidman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Dead Calm, Far and Away

1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3

1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side

1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva

1950 Gary Larson, cartoonist, Far Side

1947 Ben Cross, England, actor, Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions

1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"

1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines

1938 Marlies van Alcmaer, [Smal], Dutch actress/director, Bridge too Far

1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries

1921 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY

1912 Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"

1910 Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far

1909 Coop. Far. Central Management forms

1840 Thomas Hardy, England, poet and novelist, Far from the Madding Crowd

1597 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East

923 Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83



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