1938 Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th & final Wimbeldon singles

1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated

1940 The Arandora Star was torpedoed en route to Canada, survirors rescued by HMCS ST. Laurent

1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes first black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane

1945 USS Barb (SS-220) bombards Japanese installations on Kaihyo Island, Japan; first successful use of rockets against shore positions.

1946 Anthony Overton publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81

1946 Establishment of VX-3 to evaluate adaptability of helicopters to naval purposes.

1950 USS Juneau and 2 British ships sink 5 of 6 attacking North Korean torpedo boats and gunboats.

1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC

1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel"

1957 The first sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-The Seawolf

1957 The first submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback

1961 Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho

1964 Celia Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano

1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash

1964 Pres Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

1966 Billie Jean King wins her first of 6 Wimbeldon single titles

1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), first foreigner (France) & first amateur to US Women's open golf tournament

1967 During Operation Bear Claw, Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force conducts helicopter assault 12 miles inland at Con Thien.

1969 Brian Jones founder of the Rolling Stones, drowns

1969 Canadian National abandons Newfoundland passenger trains 101-102.

1969 Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi form the rock group Mountain

1970 Jessie Street Australian civil rights activist, dies

1973 George Macready actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73

1973 Swede Savage dies from injuries at Indianapolis 500

1976 Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam

1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual

1977 Sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors

1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement

1981 L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua

1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'

1982 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth

1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet

1985 Proto launched to Halley's Comet

1986 Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings

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