1967 Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activated at Vung Tau

1967 Robert Gauchie found by rescue workers after 58 day search; bush pilot forced down in remote section of NWT.

1970 John &Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations

1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara &1976 Kaverin

1971 HM-12, the Navy's first helicopter squadron devoted exclusively to mine countermeasures was established at NAS Norfolk

1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership

1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere

1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

1972 Major league baseball players stages first collective strike

1972 Pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway.

1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold

1974 Pioneer Hall opens

1975 Canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius, so 32 degrees becomes 0 go figure

1976 Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63

1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,

1976 Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour.

1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games

1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah

1979 National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy

1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist

1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante

1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama

1984 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles

1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA

1986 US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea

1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel

1988 Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall

1990 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger

1990 It becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers

1990 Jack Nicklaus wins first start on Senior PGA tour

1990 Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with Yukon First Nations; gives them surface title to 41,000 sq km; of land, plus mineral rights and $232 million cash.

1990 Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship

1991 Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95

1991 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

1991 Warsaw Pact officially disolves

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