Twin disasters struck Japan as some 450 miners were killed in a coal-dust explosion, and 160 people died in a train crash. 1970 Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79. 1989 Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall. Current Birthdays Bob Graham, turns years old today.
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