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2010 Event - Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas communicates that Palestinians desire a 'comprehensive and just' peace agreement; he requests Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank

2007 Death - Art Buchwald, dies at 74, posts his video obituary in which he declared, "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died."

2006 Death - John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49

1997 Event - Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish

1995 Death - Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65

1991 Event - Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)

1990 Event - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats

1989 Death - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday

1988 Event - Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888

1988 Event - In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16

1988 Death - Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis

1987 Birthday - Aaron Carter, born in Tampa, Florida, singer, album, 'Oh Aaron' features recording with older brother Nick, recorded, 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' for the movie, 'The Lion King'

1985 Event - "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12

1983 Event - Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball

1980 Event - John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the United Kingdom

1979 Event - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins

1979 Event - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey

1978 Event - Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels

1977 Event - New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0

1976 Birthday - Amy Smart, born in Topanga, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Road Trip', 'Just Friends'

1975 Event - Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman

1975 Death - Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65

1974 Event - Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs

1974 Event - 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice

1973 Death - Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62

1971 Event - Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"

1970 Birthday - Mandy Smith, England, rocker, I Just Can't Wait, wife of Bill Wyman

1969 Death - Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65

1967 Event - Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing

1965 Birthday - Fresh Prince, Will Smith, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand

1965 Birthday - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand

1962 Event - BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote

1961 Event - USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours

1960 Event - Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies

1959 Event - 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore

1958 Birthday - Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money

1958 Birthday - Andie MacDowell, born in Gaffney, South Carolina, model, actress, producer, appeared in 'Green Card', 'Sex, Lies and Videotape', 'Just the Ticket', 'Beauty Shop'

1957 Birthday - John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?'

1957 Event - Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"

1956 Birthday - T K Carter, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck

1956 Event - Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof

1955 Birthday - Randy Wanwarmer, born in Denver, vocalist, Just When I Needed You Most

1954 Birthday - Anita Meijer, Dutch singer, Just a Disillusion

1953 Death - Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73

1953 Birthday - Cyndi Lauper, born in Brooklyn, singer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1951 Birthday - Deborah Harmon, actress, Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us

1950 Birthday - Wendie Malick, actress, Just Shoot Me

1950 Event - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time

1950 Birthday - Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun

1947 Event - Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)

1947 Birthday - Dave Mason, Worcester, England, singer and songwriter, We Just Disagree

1947 Birthday - Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There

1944 Event - Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers

1944 Birthday - Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys

1940 Birthday - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream

1940 Birthday - Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me

1937 Event - Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive

1937 Birthday - Doris Troy, Payne, U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Just One Kiss

1935 Birthday - Alex Harvey, rocker, Just Visiting This Planet

1933 Birthday - Just Fontaine, French Athlete

1933 Birthday - Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because

1932 Birthday - Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall

1932 Death - Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday

1932 Death - R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76

1930 Birthday - Julie Bovasso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Willie and Phil, Just Me and You

1930 Birthday - Herbie Mann, born in Brooklyn, New York, jazz flute/sax, Just Wallin'

1930 Birthday - Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists

1929 Birthday - Lorraine Macleod, dancer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1927 Event - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats

1926 Event - White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway

1925 Birthday - Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You

1917 Birthday - Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93

1917 Birthday - Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer, Just Causes

1916 Birthday - Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II

1910 Birthday - Jack Hawkins, London, actor, Ben-Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story

1910 Birthday - Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel

1903 Birthday - Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn

1888 Event - St. Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes

1883 Birthday - Ernest E Just, biologist, pioneered cell division

1852 Event - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)

1836 Event - Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo

1620 Event - 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)

1462 Birthday - Louis XII, the Just, King of France, 1498-1515

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