1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill

1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea

1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races

1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"

1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

1967 Vivian Leigh Scarlet in Gone with the Wind, dies at 53

1968 Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband

1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language across the country

1970 Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies

1970 Marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80

1970 Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60

1972 Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon

1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India)

1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels

1973 Balt Orioles pull their 4th triple play (5-4-3 vs Oakland)

1973 Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4 34.9)

1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named

1973 Veronica Lake actress, dies at 58

1974 West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich

1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres

1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars

1978 Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert

1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor first female nominated to Supreme Court

1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours

1980 Reginald Gardiner actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77

1981 Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified

1981 Keefe Brasselle actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58

1981 The first solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel

1982 David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13 00.41

1982 Fred Stuthman actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63

1982 Steve Scott of US runs the mile in a record 3 47.69

1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR after being invited for a visit

1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston Vt

1984 Flora Robson actress, dies in her sleep at 82

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