1971 Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard &Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours

1972 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65

1972 Bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

1972 US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers &baggage

1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuts

1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War

1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders

1974 British miner's strike

1974 Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win

1974 Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph

1974 US Mariner 10 returns first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure

1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies

1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs &Ian Redpath

1977 "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67

1977 General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio

1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his first pro fight

1977 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne

1977 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner

1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded

1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time

1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1980 USS Coral Sea relieved Midway which had been on contingency operations in the Arabian Sea since the Iranian hostage crisis broke out in November 1979.

1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

1981 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy

1982 DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people

1982 Laker Airways collapse owing £270 million ($351 million)

1982 Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns &flees to Netherlands

1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial

1984 New Zealand beat England (82 &93) by an innings in 3 days

1986 Corazon Aquino &Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"

1987 Dow Jones average closes above 2,200 for first time

1987 Soyuz TM-2 launches

1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham

1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs

1988 The first prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan

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