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July 4: On the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, John Adams (the second U.S. president) and Thomas Jefferson (the third U.S. president) die within hours of each other.

U.S. President Truman (d.12/26/1972)

Canadian PM Pearson (d.12/27/1972)

President-elect Jimmy Carter

President Gerald Ford

March 20: King Henry IV of England dies and is succeded by his son, King Henry V.

New Zealand has three prime ministers in the same month — William Massey (May 1-10), Francis Bell (May 10-30) and Gordon Coates

December 31, 1910: Aviator John B. Moisant killed in fall from airplane

December 31, 1910: Aviator Archie Hoxsey killed in crash hours later, after saying, "From what I hear, Moisant was careless.."

November 23, 1974: Ethiopia's new government executes former leaders Akilu, Endelkachew and Aman, along with 57 other prisoners.

Benin, formerly Dahomey

March 1, 1974: Grand jury indicts former presidential aides Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Colson

President Clinton, Administrator Bolden

November 24: U.S. state of South Carolina begins Nullification Crisis by asserting power to nullify U.S. government laws.

Macias and nephew Obiang

Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen and Jean-Baptiste Charcot

China and the Soviet Union

Cosmonauts Shonin and Valeri Kubasov (Soyuz 6); Volkov and Gorbatko (Soyuz 7); and Shatalov and Yeliseyev (Soyuz 8)

June 26: Council of Pisa crowns a third Pope, Alexander V, to rival Pope Gregory XIII and Rome's Pope Benedict XIII and Avignon's Pope Benedict XIII

Get off my ship! You're a dead duck. "You're powerless. We know about you. And we don't want to play. Maybe... maybe there are others like you around. Maybe you've caused a lot of suffering, a lot of history, but that's all over. We'll be on guard now, ready for you. So ship out! Come on! Haul it!"