1969 Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champion

1969 In Montreal Quebec Canadian and West Indian student demonstrators destroy $1.4 million computer and set fire to data centre at Sir George Williams University

1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)

1970 Japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit.

1970 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland

1971 Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal

1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons

1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails

1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership

1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as first black Secretary of Army

1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)

1977 Off Nova Scotia fisherman catches 20.2 kg lobster off Nova Scotia; the world's heaviest known crustacean

1978 16 Unification church couples wed in New York NY

1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens

1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus

1978 Pacific Western Airlines aircraft crashes at Cranbrook, killing 43 people; snowplow on runway during PWA jet's landing

1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC

1979 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation

1979 Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran.

1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances

1981 Australia all out 83 vs India at MCG chasing 143 to win

1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski

1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP

1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))

1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth

1985 Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord

1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins

1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup

1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq

1986 Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country

1987 British Airways begins trading as a public company

1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup

1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect

1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to the Supreme Court

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