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