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1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1941 Ernest Wright, Jr., U.S. rock vocalist, Imperials-So Much 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1935 Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much 1904 Much of Toronto destroyed by fire 1899 Frank Vosper, born in London, England, actor, Man Who Knew Too Much 1897 After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" 1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire 1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained 1745 Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians |
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