1958 KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99

1962 French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel

1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m

1962 US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million

1965 Beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show

1966 First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon

1968 In the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters

1969 British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland

1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule

1971 British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland

1972 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156

1973 US bombs Cambodia

1974 Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold

1984 IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0

1996 Ian Macfarlane is appointed new head of Australia's Reserve Bank

1893 First vehicle registration plates introduced, in France

1945 Japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies

1947 Pakistan created by the British

1974 Peace talks in Cyprus break down, and fresh fighting breaks out

1983 French troops deployed in Chad

1867 The birth of John Galsworthy, English playwright and novelist

1946 The birth of Susan St. James, American film actress

2005 Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain in Greece, killing 121.

2006 A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War.

2007 Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.

2007 Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.

2007 At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of Hunan, China.

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