1988 U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France
1979 Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in U.S.S.R.
1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
1957 Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
1953 Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24
1950 Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1949 Valery Borzov, U.S.S.R., 100m/200m dash, Olympics gold 1972
1946 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer, dies at 33
1945 Paul Valery, French poet (Le cimetiere Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73
1939 Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 23
1934 Valery F Bykovsky, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39
1934 Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut, Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31
1932 Valery Viktorovich Ryumin, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37
1926 Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, 1974-81
1913 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer
1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines
1871 Paul Valery, France, poet/essayist/critic, La Jeune
1871 Paul Valery, writer
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