1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART

1966 Medicare goes into effect

1967 Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks

1968 John Lennon's first full art exhibition (You are Here)

1968 US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales

1969 John & Yoko are hospitilized after a car crash

1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for but toll is still being collected

1972 Ms. magazine begins publishing

1973 First US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61

1974 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales

1974 Singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette ("You Oughta Know") was born today in Ottawa, Canada. Alanis picked up four Grammys in 1995 for songs related to the Jagged Little Pill album. Another came her way in 1997 from the video for Jagged Little Pill Live. She also performed at the 1999 Grammys and won more awards.

1975 All U.S. naval gunfire training activities at the Puerto Rican island of Culebra were terminated through a joint Washington-San Juan agreement, ending a controversy that had dragged on for years

1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2680

1976 Kenneth Gibson, is first black president of US Conference of Mayors

1977 Actor Liv Tyler (Armageddon) was born today in New York, NY. Her father is Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. Mom is Playboy Playmate Bebe Buell.

1977 Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles

1978 Former Pres Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974

1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing

1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow

1981 Laurel Canyon Calif murders (4 die, 1 wounded)

1981 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3

1982 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC

1982 Challenger moves overland to Dryden

1982 Kosmos 1383, first search & rescue satellite, launched

1982 Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG

1989 Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad

1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form the WLAF

1990 German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency

1990 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal

1997 China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong

1940 Channel Islands occupied by German forces

1948 Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air

1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries

1991 Warsaw Pact officially disbanded

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