1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth

1975 USS Enterprise responded to calls for disaster relief from the island nation of Mauritius which was struck on by Typhoon Cervaise

1976 In Los Angeles conductor arranger Percy Faith dies at age 67

1978 Ottawa orders 11 Soviet embassy officials deported for allegedly trying to infiltrate the RCMP Security Service

1978 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed

1978 The first satellite of the new Navy Fleet Satellite Communications System was launched. This system satisfies the need for worldwide tactical command control and communications for the entire fleet.

1979 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey

1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special

1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"

1979 Nigeria amends constitution

1981 Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55.

1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s

1984 Russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69.

1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks

1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)

1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen

1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide

1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club

1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election

1990 "The Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV

1990 Bottles of Perrier water are voluntarily recalled in the U.S. after benzene is detected in a small number of bottles.

1990 Galileo flies by Venus

1990 Namibia's constitution ratified

1991 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46

1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice &beats him

1991 Voters in Lithuania vote for independence

1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration

1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany

1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma

1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat

1995 Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright dies in Washington, D.C. at age 89.

1997 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds

1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history

1997 Scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games

1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze

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