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On This Date and Birthdays October 9 1977
On this date in history notable events include the assassination of King Alexander I in 1934 and Yale College's founding in 1701. Also remembered are Peshtigo fire losses in 1871, Minnesota forest fires in 1910, Pope Pius XII's death in 1958, and Israeli air strikes on Damascus in 1973. John Lennon turns 37. Jefferson era thought for today notes revolutions.
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Associated Press
Alexander I
Yugoslavia
France
Yale College
Berlin
Peshtigo
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pius XII
Damascus
da Nang
South Vietnam