1971 US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft

1973 Eddie Condon jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor

1977 Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy

1981 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission

1981 Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80

1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty

1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics

1984 Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack

1984 Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure

1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks

1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)

1984 Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema

1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters

1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II

1988 Hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case

1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case

1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq

1996 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia

1914 Britain declares war on Germany

1971 The US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft

1983 Italy elects first socialist prime minister since 1946

1792 The birth of Percy Shelley, English poet

1900 The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.

2007 Smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia.

2007 The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.

2007 The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales.

2007 The 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.

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