1959 The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass

1960 Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300

1965 US Mariner IV, first Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)

1966 In Chicago, Illinois, eight student nurses were killed in what was called the"crime of the century." Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Paison--all nursing students at the South Chicago Community Hospital--were strangled or stabbed to death by Richard Spec

1966 Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory

1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing

1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick

1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64

1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins

1970 Preston Foster actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69

1972 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri

1973 Clarence White guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car

1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to the Everly Brothers

1974 Bundy victms Janice Ott & Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, WA

1975 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced

1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NY

1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2286 Fesenkov, #2492 Kutuzov, #2509 Chukotka, #2607 Yakutia & #3213

1978 Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation

1979 George De Witt TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56

1983 Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages

1984 Kenny Delmar comedian (School House), dies at 74

1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads

1985 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb

1986 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission

1986 Paul McCartney releases "Press"

1986 Richard W Miller became first FBI agent convicted of espionage

1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million

1987 Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony

1987 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law

1988 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak

1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place

1989 The 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premiers

1990 "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premiers on WWOR-TV

1994 NBC said it would launch two subscription-based online news services starting in September

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