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In 1989 Ayatollah ---------- (86) dies from complications due to surgery leading to days of loud, hysterical mourning. ?

In 1989 In---------- , two trains pass each other in a valley filled with natural gas from a leaking pipeline. The gas explodes and hundreds are killed. Not a good day. ?

In 1723 Adam ---------- (in Kirkcaldy, Scotland), economist, born.?

In 1783 Joseph Jaques ---------- becomes the first to fly (10 minute) in a hot-air balloon.?

In 1833 Ada ---------- (future first computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage.?