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1963 - African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers (age 37) is gunned down in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

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1980 - Milburn Stone, American actor (Doc - Gunsmoke), dies at age 75 (born 1904).

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1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.

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2002 - Death of Bill Blass, American fashion designer (born 1922).

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2003 - Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (born 1916).

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2007 - Death of Don Herbert, American television personality, "Mr. Wizard" (born 1917).

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