1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls

1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV

1969 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO

1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV

1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies

1970 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn

1970 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood

1971 Women win the right to vote in Switzerland

1973 Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities

1974 Grenada wins its independence from Britain.

1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters

1976 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9

1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)

1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts

1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert

1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC

1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumédienne in Algeria

1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur

1979 Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)

1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles

1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica

1984 David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for first time

1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-foot-high platinum disc by CBS

1984 U.S. space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert Stewart perform the first untethered space walk.

1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York NY

1986 Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees, ending 28 years of rule by his family.

1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos

1986 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas

1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93

1987 Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US

1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1

1987 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano

1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens

1989 Tennis superstar Björn Börg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan

1990 Hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil spill off the California coast near Huntington Beach, from the tanker, American Trader.

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