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Monday, 20 May 2013
1977 On this day in history u.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers. Share it »
1977 On this day in history john Vincent, composer, dies at 74 Share it »
1978 On this day in history bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks Share it »
1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on this day in history. Share it »
1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce on this day in history. Share it »
1980 Canada expels three diplomats from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa for spying; caught buying secret information from an American citizen in Ottawa on this day in history. Share it »
1980 On this day in history gold hits record $850 an ounce Share it »
1980 Gold reaches intra-day historic high price of $870 in New York on this day in history. Share it »
1981 On this day in history bernhard Goetz is assaulted for first time on a New York subway train Share it »
1981 On this day in history allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 Share it »
1983 On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht Share it »
1983 On this day in history in Regina Saskatchewan Joanne Wilson found murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be found guilty of first-degree murder Share it »
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid on this day in history. Share it »
1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton on this day in history. Share it »
1984 Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49 on this day in history. Share it »
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record) on this day in history. Share it »
1985 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record) on this day in history. Share it »
1985 On this day in history bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java Share it »
1985 On this day in history dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals Share it »
1985 On this day in history barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema Share it »
1986 On this day in history 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana Share it »
1986 On this day in history allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA Share it »
1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed on this day in history. Share it »
1987 Archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon on this day in history. Share it »
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi on this day in history. Share it »
1987 On this day in history pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83 Share it »
1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children on this day in history. Share it »
1988 On this day in history abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies Share it »
1989 On this day in history a woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player Share it »
1989 In St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election on this day in history. Share it »
1990 On this day in history bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director Share it »
1990 On this day in history washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry said he would seek help but did not publicly concede he had used illegal drugs. He left the next day for a treatment program in Florida. Share it »
1991 On this day in history cBS News correspondent Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf Share it »
1991 Iraq announced that it would use hostages as human shields against allied warplanes on this day in history. Share it »
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