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1988 Event - Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel

1982 Event - Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case

1979 Event - YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song

1964 Event - Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages

1895 Event - Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices

1887 Birthday - Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright, Writ for Libel

1788 Event - Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France

1735 Event - Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)

1734 Event - John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted









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