1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa

1940 The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted with their network radio show on NBC

1944 Goose Bay Newfoundland, the temperature hits 37.8 C; Labrador's hottest day on record.

1945 The first civilian passenger car built since February 1942 was driven off the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit, MI. Automotive production had been diverted to military production for the war (WWII) effort.

1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC

1950 First time US & North Korean forces clash in the Korean War

1958 "The Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)

1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)

1966 Race riots in Omaha Nebraska

1967 "News at 10" premieres on English TV

1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI

1969 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowns at 25

1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival

1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702

1971 Jim Morrison rocker (Doors), dies of heart failure in France

1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3

1976 103 hostages were rescued by an Israeli commando unit in a raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda. 106 hostages had been taken from a hijacked Air France airliner on its way to Paris from Tel Aviv. Seven pro-Palestinian guerrilla hijackers, 20 Ugandan soldiers and 3 hostages were killed in the raid.

1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1978 James Daly actor (Medical Center), dies at 59

1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1980 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0

1981 NYC transit fare rises from 60. to 75., new brass Y-cut-out token

1981 Ross Martin actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61

1982 Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon

1982 Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies connected for hit #3,786. It moved Rose into second place in the career-hits column

1983 Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 s for 100 m)

1983 In Costa Rica a 6.7 earthquake resulted in two people killed and approximately 60 injured. Considerable damage to buildings

1983 John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon

1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members

1985 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover

1985 In the New Britian Region a 7.4 quake damage (VII), landslides and ground cracks on New Ireland and in the Rabaul area, New Britain. A 1.3-meter tsunami was observed in Rabaul's harbor

1986 Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

1986 Rudy Vallee singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84

1987 2 men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic

1987 NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play

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