1962 The first automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City NY)

1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon

1965 Author T.S. Eliot dies in London at age 76.

1965 Fender, a favorite guitar and musical instrument manufacturer of the surf rock crowd, is sold to CBS for $13 million.

1965 LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address

1966 Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test

1968 Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas

1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million

1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel

1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios

1970 New York City NY transit fare rises from 20¢ to 30¢, new larger tokens used

1970 Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary

1971 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as first elected Governor of Virgin Islands

1971 Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims

1971 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated

1971 The Canadian goverment in Ottawa withdraws troops from Montreal and other areas in Quebec in wake of FLQ crisis.

1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee

1974 President Nixon refuses to hand over documents and tape recordings subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the US (No 11828)

1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica

1975 Montreal Canadiens shut out Washington Capitals 10-0.

1979 An out-of-court settlement awards $675,000 to the victims of the Kent State massacre of 1970 (made famous by the CSNY song Ohio).

1980 President Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics

1981 "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway

1981 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 578 performances

1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"

1982 Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"

1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show

1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm

1983 Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault.

1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV

1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide

1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase MD

1987 Sixteen people die when a Washington-bound Amtrak train collides with Conrail locomotives in Chase, Maryland.

1987 Thomas Stevens became first man to bicycle around the world

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