1632 - Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen
1943 - Trident conference in Washington, D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan)
1967 - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically painted Rolls Royce
1991 - Stanley Cup Final, Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Stars, 8-0 for a 4-2 series win; Penguins' first Final series appearance
1992 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy
2003 - 56th Cannes Film Festival: "Elephant" directed by Gus Van Sant wins the Palme d'Or

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1956 - Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott , Jamaican singer (The African Brothers), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2010)
1960 - Amy Klobuchar, American politician (D), senator for Minnesota (2007-), born in Plymouth, Minnesota
1967 - Poppy Z. Brite [Billy Martin], American author (Lost Souls, Drawing Blood), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky
1984 - Marion Raven, Norwegian singer and songwriter (M2M), born in Lørenskog, Norway

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1937 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American artist, dies at 77
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1996 - John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, British politician and landowner, last non-royal to be raised to the peerage in UK and landowner, dies at 89
2004 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
2007 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian and gameshow panelist (Match Game, Ghost and Mrs Muir), dies at 76
2010 - Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)

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