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2001 Death - Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies

1984 Event - "Yes Or No" by Go-Go's peak at #84

1972 Birthday - Lee McIntyre, born in Peak Hill, Australia, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ

1972 Event - Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die

1960 Event - National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated

1956 Birthday - Amanda Burton, born in Ballougry, Northern Ireland, actress, known for television role of Sam Ryan on 'Silent Witness', appeared in 'The Commander' and 'Peak Practice'

1955 Birthday - Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996

1950 Event - French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal

1929 Event - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17

1921 Event - A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado

1918 Event - 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare, Jr. wins in 1:53.4

1813 Death - Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34

1808 Event - Zebulon Pike reaches his peak

1806 Event - Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado)

1806 Event - A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500

1779 Birthday - Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak


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