1727 - Physician Sir Hans Soane becomes President of the Royal Society, succeeding Sir Isaac Newton
1940 - CFL Grey Cup (Game 2), Lansdowne Park, Ottawa: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 12-5
1954 - Japanese government of Joshida resigns
1972 - Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous "blue marble" photo of the entire Earth
1992 - Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater)
2021 - Chile becomes the 31st nation to legalize same-sex marriage

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1947 - Johnny Bench, American Baseball HOF catcher (14 x MLB All Star; World Series 1975, 76 [MVP]; NL MVP 1970, 72; 10 x Gold Glove; Cincinnati Reds), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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