1960 UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen

1962 Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia

1964 Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill

1967 England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down

1968 Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting

1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)

1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain

1971 Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.

1971 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents

1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens

1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination

1986 Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger

1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park

2000 A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century.

1543 Jesuit order founded in Paris

1901 The Cadillac motor company founded in Detroit

1944 Allied forces land in the south of France, Marseilles recaptured.

1947 India gains independence from Britain

1948 Korea proclaims itself a republic

1965 US National Guard called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles

1969 Woodstock music festival

1769 The birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor

1771 The birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist

1888 The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author

2007 NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed.

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

2007 An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.

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