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May: De revolutionibus orbi published by Copernicus
June: Humani corporis fabrica published by Vesalius
January 20, 1936: King George V dies and is succeeded by King Edward VIII
U.S. President Truman and Canada's Prime Minister Pearson
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.
President Clinton, Administrator Bolden
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)