1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns

1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect

1968 "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3

1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France

1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)

1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa

1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings

1972 Ras al Khaima joins the United Arab Emirates

1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1973 83 meter wide gas tank on Staten Island NY explodes, crushing 40

1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out

1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81½ an ounce in London

1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA

1979 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1

1981 A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton claims eight lives, and injures nearly 200, at this popular hotel-casino.

1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249

1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Québec

1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament

1983 Canada signs agreement allowing US testing of military equipment in Canada, including cruise missiles

1985 -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record)

1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission

1985 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1986 "John Lennon Live in NYC" album is released

1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre

1988 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)

1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails

1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV

1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pakistan vs New Zealand age 16 years 189 days

1989 The Democratic National Committee elects Ron Brown as chair, making him the first African-American to head a major political party.

1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court

1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)

1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to become heavyweight boxing champion

1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela, the black activist imprisoned for 27 years, will be released the next day.

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