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1997 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar, dies at 69

1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages

1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School

1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks

1972 Danielle Scott, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1972 Jeff Nygaard, born in Madison, Wisconsin, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1972 Ethan Watts, Philadelphia, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1971 Stephanie Thater, born in Kirkwood, Missouri, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1971 Tom Sorensen, born in Racine, Wisconsin, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1971 Bev Oden, born in Millington, Tennessee, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics

1971 James Hammerstrand, born in LaMesa California, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics

1970 Barry Minter, NFL middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears

1969 Bryan Ivie, Torrance California, volleyball middle blocker, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics

1967 Brett Winslow, born in Santa Barbara, California, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1967 Elaina Oden, born in Orange California, volleyball middle blocker, Olympics bronze-92, 96

1966 Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner 1996 Olympics

1966 Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals

1966 Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1963 Garth Jax, NFL middle linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals

1963 Ramon Andersson, born in Middle Swan Australia, canoeist, Olympics-br-92, 96

1961 Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle

1961 Dana Williams, Dayton Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1960 Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1959 Mike Singletary, NFL middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears

1958 Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra

1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings

1955 Brian Prout, Troy, New York, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1951 Tatyana Kazankina, U.S.S.R., middle distance runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics

1949 Gene Johnson, born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1940 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)

1936 Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's

1932 Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, Middle Passage

1928 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar

1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County

1924 Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight, Gold Medal 1956, 1960 Olympics

1924 Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight 1952 Olympics gold

1922 Fyvush Finkel, actor, Middle Ages, Picket Fences

1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day

1920 Sugar Ray Robinson, Walter Smith, middle/welterweight boxer, champ

1917 Andrew Wyeth, born in Pennsylvania, realist painter, one of the best-known artists of the middle 20th century

1909 Glenn Cunningham, U.S. middle distance runner, 1930's

1881 Charlie Dell, New York City, actor, Pickle in the Middle

1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek)

1848 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, Middle Ages

70 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem


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