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2012 Event - At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party'

2012 Event - The U.S. requests New Zealand extradite Kim Dotcom and three of his MegaUpload associates, forcing them to face charges for breaching copyright

2011 Event - Canada declares that because its country would face large penalties for treaty violations, it is withdrawing itself from the Kyoto Protocol

2011 Event - Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile

2011 Event - The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts

2010 Event - Joran van der Sloot is extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges of killing a Peruvian woman; he is suspected of killing Natalie Holloway in Aruba

2009 Event - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi is knocked to the ground and hit in the face after a political rally in Milan, Italy

2005 Event - First human face transplant is performed in France

2002 Death - Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist/writer, Making Face, dies at 40

2001 Death - Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79

1999 Death - Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91

1998 Event - Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

1996 Event - Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck

1995 Event - Senator Bob Packwoord R-Oregon resigns rather than face expulsion

1995 Death - Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83

1994 Death - Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82

1993 Event - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances

1989 Event - Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey"

1981 Death - Melvyn Douglas, Hesselberg, actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80

1979 Death - George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75

1973 Event - Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses

1973 Event - 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

1973 Birthday - Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar

1972 Event - 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota

1970 Event - British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I

1970 Event - 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world

1968 Birthday - Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne, Face/Off

1968 Event - Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club

1964 Death - Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42

1962 Event - NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks

1961 Death - Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67

1960 Birthday - Carol Alt, born in Flushing, New York, supermodel, actress, appeared on over 500 magazine covers, known as 'The Face', contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice'

1960 Birthday - Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist, Face To Face

1959 Event - Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4

1957 Birthday - John Ryder, rock bassist, Face To Face

1956 Birthday - Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist, Face To Face

1954 Birthday - William Beard, rock drummer, Face To Face

1954 Birthday - Angelo Kimball, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Face To Face

1951 Death - Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54

1950 Birthday - Ronnie Dyson, U.S., singer, Hair, All over your face

1946 Birthday - Michael Shea, U.S., sci-fi author, Fat Face, Polyphemus

1945 Event - Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged

1941 Event - Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in New York City

1941 Event - Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of ump Ray Snyder

1939 Birthday - Roberta Flack, North Carolina, vocalist, If Ever I Saw Your Face

1934 Death - "Baby Face" Nelson, Lester Gillis, gangster, shot by FBI at 26

1934 Death - Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson

1934 Death - Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson

1932 Event - Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City

1928 Birthday - Elroy Face, baseball pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates

1927 Event - George Gershwin's "Funny Face," premieres in New York City

1927 Birthday - Karlheinz Boehm, born in Germany, actor, Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural

1920 Birthday - Cornelius Ryan, U.S. historian and writer, Italians: Face of a Nation

1912 Birthday - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer, True Face of Peace

1902 Event - 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3

1893 Birthday - Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show

1891 Birthday - Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor, Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey

1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face"

1864 Event - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance

1864 Event - Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge

1861 Event - Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance

1798 Event - Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1755 Birthday - Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st U.S. Secretary of Treasury, face is on the $10 bill

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