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2004 - The largest prime number at the time of its discovery, 2^24036583 − 1, is found by Josh Findley and the GIMPS collaborative effort.
1991 - Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
1988 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1978 - Lagumot Harris, having only been elected President less than a month before, is replaced as the leader of the republic of Nauru. He is succeeded by Hammer DeRoburt.
1972 - The island of Okinawa, under US military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1970 - President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
1964 - The Smothers Brothers give their first concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1960 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
1955 - Austrian Independence Treaty signed.

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Today's Birthdays

1982 - Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete
1978 - Amy Chow, American gymnast
1976 - Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
1974 - Ahmet Zappa, American musician
1972 - David Charvet, French actor
1969 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
1965 - Raí, Brazilian footballer
1959 - Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
1959 - Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer
1956 - Dan Patrick, American sportscaster

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Today's Deaths

2005 - Les Bartley, lacrosse coach (b. 1954)
2003 - George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
1995 - Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
1991 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
1971 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
1956 - Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)
1940 - Menno ter Braak , Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902 )
1935 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
1886 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)

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