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1184 BC 
Traditional day Greeks entered Troy using the Trojan Horse.
1904 
Dutch artist Willem De Kooning born in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1905
American novelist and poet Robert Penn Warren born in Guthrie, Kentucky.
1934
Actress Shirley MacLaine born in Richmond, Virgina.
1942
Singer Barbra Streisand born in Brooklyn, New York.
1976
On Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels offers the Beatles certified check for $3,000 to reunite and sing three songs.
"You divide it up any way you want", he said, "if you want to give Ringo less, it's up to you".
1980
Operation Eagle Claw was unsuccessful bid to rescue American hostages held in the US Embassy in Teheran.
The operation left eight Americans dead and five wounded.
