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2015: American actor Leonard Nimoy
—who was best known for his portrayal of the stoic, cerebral Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and film franchise Star Trek—died in Los Angeles.
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2008: American editor and author William F. Buckley, Jr.—who became an important intellectual influence in politics as the founder (1955) and editor in chief of the journal
National Review, which he used as a forum for conservative views and ideas—died in Connecticut.
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1991: U.S. President George Bush ordered a cease-fire effective at midnight and declared victory in the Persian Gulf War, a conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion and occupation of
Kuwait
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1932: American actress Elizabeth Taylor—whose career, highlighted by award-winning portrayals of emotionally volatile characters, was often overshadowed by her highly publicized personal life—was born in London.
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1902: American novelist
John Steinbeck—who was best known for The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade and aroused widespread sympathy for the plight of migratory farmworkers—was born.
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1886: American lawyer and politician Hugo Black—who, as a Supreme Court
justice, was known for his support of the doctrine of total incorporation—was born.
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