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Aan
Shree 420
Peter Benchley, 65, author of Jaws, dies. The Great White shark tale terrorised generations of beach bums. But his own motto was conservation.
Bhaskar Bhattacharya, 56, journalist, docu filmmaker, India consultant for foreign film crews and Baul shaman, drowns in Chennai.
Millionaire Steve Fossett, 61, breaks the non-stop flight aviation record, covers 42,467.5 km in 76 hrs.
Horangse Sangtam
An Egyptian Tomb (1539 BC) is discovered in the Valley of the Kings, the first since 1922.
Kuljeet Randhawa, 29, TV actress and Koh-i-Noor star, commits suicide.
