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1996 Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85 1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 1990 U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians 1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec 1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S. 1974 President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings 1972 Mahalia Jackson, vocalist (Got Whole World in His Hands), dies at 61 1962 St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands 1957 Holly Dunn, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Daddy's Hands 1948 Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands 1944 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands 1943 Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands 1941 Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note 1940 Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands 1938 Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw, Poland, director, Hands Up, Deep End 1918 Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors 1911 Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer, Whole World in his Hands 1911 Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress, Hands of a Stranger 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day 1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands 1861 Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands 1816 Java again in Dutch hands 1800 Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) 1793 Bank of England hands out 1st 5 pound note 1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1583 Orlando Gibbons, English composer, O Clap Your Hands, baptized

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