1962 Naval forces capture Forts Jackson and St. Philip, LA

1965 Barbra Striesand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS

1965 Dominican Republic intervention began

1965 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966

1967 Expo 67 opens in Montreal

1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title

1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old

1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya

1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France

1970 Ed Begley actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69

1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes first black admiral in US Navy

1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2093 Genichesk

1972 The courts awarded the Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because the winner was given drugs before the race

1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon

1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers"

1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets

1980 Alfred Hitchcock Diedfrom Liver Failure and Heart Problems

1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns

1980 Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies

1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79

1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans & #3253 Gradie

1982 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel

1986 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster

1987 Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua

1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess

1988 NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes

1990 "Chorus Line" closes on Broadway after 6,137 performances (15 yrs)

1991 Ken Curtis actor (Gunsmoke), dies at 74

1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched

1993 SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat ships, but not to ground combat positions.

1788 Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution

1789 Mutiny on the Bounty

1855 First veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston

1945 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini shot by Italian partisans

1952 The United States end their occupation of Japan.

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