1955 USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned and sends the message "underway on nuclear power"

1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART

1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders the assassination of Congo's Lumumba

1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m

1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km

1966 A U.S. B52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs collided with its refueling plane over Palomares, Spain, scattering radioactive plutonium over the area.

1966 Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago

1966 USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die

1968 Soyuz 4 & 5 completed first docking of 2 manned spacecraft

1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

1970 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-3

1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Massachusetts)

1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd

1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi

1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life

1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1

1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency

1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad at the Utah State Prison.

1977 Zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium

1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran

1979 USSR performs underground nuclear test

1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3

1981 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege

1983 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers

1983 Alabama Governor George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time

1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians

1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws

1985 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)

1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title

1987 President Reagan signed a secret order permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran.

1988 Leslie Manigay elected President of Haiti

1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach

1989 Five children are shot to death at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, by a gunman who then kills himself.

1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded

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