Actor and martial artist Bruce Lee Bruce Lee ( 李小龍) born Lee Jun-fan, (李振藩) 32 years of age, died from an allergic reaction to the meprobamate, the active ingredient in the painkiller Equagesic.
Bruce Lee from publicity photo for Fists of Fury.
Lee retains a cult following today, although I'm not part of it. He is widely regarded as the greatest martial arts practitioner of all time.
Lee was born in San Francisco, and therefore could claim U.S. citizenship, although his family returned to Hong Kong immediately before the outbreak of the war n the Pacific. His father was a famous Cantonese opera singer. He was of mixed Chinese and European ancestry. He left a wife and two children. His son Brandon Lee would follow his footsteps and would tragically die when a firearm being used as a prop was loaded with improperly made dummy rounds. His daughter Shannon is an actress, singer, and businesswoman.
Japan Air Lines Flight 404 was hijacked by the Japanese Red Army and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. It would eventually be flown to Benghazi were the passengers were released and the 747 blown up.
Muammar Gaddafi announced his resignation as the leader of Libya following the failure of his plans to unite the country with Egypt. He'd get over the resignation and reverse it three days later, following his cabinet's announcement that they'd also resign.
Efforts to form a larger Arab republic centered on Egypt have existed since World War One with serval putative efforts to establish it. Egypt itself was the most powerful and significant Middle Eastern state up until 1973, when the importance of oil, which Egypt has little of, began to eclipse it.
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