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1794
French Reign of Terror architect Robespierre goes to the guillotine himself along with the so called "Angel of Death" - Louis Antoine de Saint-Just.
1866
Author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) born in London.
1887 
Artist Marcel Duchamp (Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2) born Blaineville-Crevon, France.
1909
Novelist & poet Malcolm Lowry (Under the Volcano) born in Wallasey, England.
1927
American poet John Ashbery born in Rochester, New York.
1929 
First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis born in Southampton, New York.
1945
An Army twin-engined B-25 Mitchell light bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, setting it afire, killing 13, & injuring 26.
1984
XXIII Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles.
1969
Led Zeppelin Shark episode takes place at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, WA.
