1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die

1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon

1972 C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera

1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov

1973 Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67

1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)

1976 Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin

1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out

1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years

1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II

1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida

1979 George Harrison releases "faster"

1982 John Alexander actor, dies at 85

1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney

1986 On the California - Mexico Border Region a 5.8 quake injured 29 people injured, one critically and at least 50 buildings damaged in the Newport Beach-San Diego area

1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials

1990 In the Hindu Kush Region a 7.8 earthquake killed at least 43 mountain climbers on Pik Lenina, USSR by an avalanche which was triggered by the earthquake

1993 Germans hold farewell ceremony for Canadian troops after 42 years of NATO service.

1997 A 12-year-old Canberra girl is killed by a chunk of flying metal when the implosion to level the old Royal Canberra Hospital goes wrong.

1793 Jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered

1863 Beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history.

1881 American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death

1985 The Live Aid concerts held to raise money for famine victims in Africa

1527 The birth of John Dee, English scientist

1811 The birth of George G. Scott, British architect

1927 The birth of Simone Veil, French politician

1933 The birth of David Storey, English novelist

1934 The birth of Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer

1942 The birth of Harrison Ford, American actor

1943 The birth of The Battle of Kursk, largest tank battle in history, ends

2005 Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

2007 The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro.

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