1946 - United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
1955 - Russia ends state of war with Germany
1983 - Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24
2013 - 50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela

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1917 - Floyd "Guitar" Smith, American jazz and blues guitarist and record producer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
1929 - Robert Faurisson, British-born French academic, born in Shepperton, United Kingdom (d. 2018)
1947 - Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer (World C'ships: 50cc 1969, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77; 125cc 1971, 72, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84; 90 Grand Prix victories), born in Zamora, Spain (d. 2017)

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