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The Great Fire of Rome began. Nero supposedly fiddled as Rome burned.
1913
Comedian Red Skelton born in Vincennes, Indiana.
1929
Singer-songwriter Screamin' Jay Hawkins (I Put a Spell on You) born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1936
Spanish Civil War begins.
1938
Film director Paul Verhoeven(RoboCop) born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1939
Gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson born in Louisville, Kentucky.
1961
Actress Elizabeth McGovern (Ragtime) born in Evanston, Illinois.
1966
In Los Angeles, the beaten corpse of rocker Bobby Fuller is found in the front seat of his mother's Oldsmobile.
Fuller is found to have died from "forced inhalation of gasoline."
1968
Technology company, Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
1972
Mary Jo Kopechne died when the automobile driven by Senator Edward Kennedy drove off a bridge at Chappaquiddick on .
