1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence

1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days

1962 Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)

1962 The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)

1965 Ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75

1967 Canadian Pacific inaugurates first major unit train, shipping 3,700 tons of sulfuric acid from Copper Cliff to CIL in Sarnia.

1967 Kenny Rogers forms first Edition

1967 The first major "unit train" movement in Canada is inaugurated by Canadian Pacific - 3,700 tons of sulphuric acid from the Copper Cliff plant of CIL nr. Sudbury to Sarnia, Ontario.

1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"

1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"

1971 Carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64

1973 Isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83

1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry

1974 World Football League plays first games

1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov

1976 In the Panama-Colombia Border Region, The foreshock, a magnitude 6.7, was followed by a major earthquake of magnitude 7.0 four hours later. Several injured and10 houses and 1 bridge were destroyed in the area

1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr

1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates

1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran

1980 Peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57

1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18

1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid

1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci

1984 Canadian dollar sinks to US74.86¢, an all-time low to that date, and where are we now how about 67 cents!!!!!

1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe

1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden

1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30 13.74

1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara

1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks

1987 Thomas F Waddell found of Gay olympics, dies of AIDS at 50

1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game

1989 Sir Laurence Olivier acting great, dies at 82

1990 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)

1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii

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