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Squeaky Fromme

1367 – Swa Saw Ke was crowned the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
1816 – Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
1887 – A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.
1964 – Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
1975 – Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.

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