1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert on the roof of Apple

1969 US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere

1971 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his first Test bowl, vs England

1972 Bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die

1972 British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

1972 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth

1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy &McCord guilty on all counts

1973 KISS plays their first show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)

1973 Winnipeg-based Investors Growth Fund of Canada first foreign mutual fund to sell units in Japan

1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

1975 Ontario starts Wintario lottery to raise money for sports, recreation and cultural activities and facilities

1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)

1976 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA

1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever

1977 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (New South Wales vs Queesland)

1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio

1979 Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.

1979 Rhodesia agrees to new constitution

1981 8th American Music Award Kenny Rogers wins

1982 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners

1983 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ

1985 In Ottawa Federal government states that metric measurement will continue to be mandatory, but retailers can use the imperial system at the same time(typically Canadian)

1988 Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS vs N Tvl)

1989 16th American Music Award Randy Travis &George Michael win

1989 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor

1989 Former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6.

1989 Joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter

1989 Last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore

1989 Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident

1990 Canada's Finance Minister Michael Wilson gets the 7% Goods and Services Tax bill through first reading in the Commons, and we still hate it

1990 In Ottawa the CBC President Gerard Veilleux announces 500 jobs to be cut at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation over the next year

1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (2nd day)

1991 The Hudson's Bay Company announces it is selling its fur business due to declining sales

1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands

1993 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism &racism

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