1966 Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7).

1967 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY

1968 C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart

1968 Intel incorporates

1969 Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57

1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL

1969 Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge

1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily

1970 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time

1970 Willie Mays hits # 3,000

1972 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns

1973 British actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62

1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed

1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut

1978 Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks

1979 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London

1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts

1980 Rohini 1, first Indian satellite, launches into orbit

1984 James Huberty kills 21 McDonalds patrons in San Ysidro Calif

1984 James Oliver Huberty shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds

1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF

1986 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains

1987 Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women

1987 Yanks Don Mattingly ties major league record of HRs in 8 cons games

1989 Rebecca Schaeffer actress (My Sister Sam) is shot by a fan at 21

1936 The Spanish Civil war begins with an army revolt against the government

1811 The birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist

1918 The birth of Nelson Mandella, South African President

1921 The birth of John Glenn, American astronaut

1950 The birth of Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin

2005 Death of William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam (b. 1914)

2007 Nelson Mandela convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems as he turns 89.

2007 At the height of rush hour in New York City a major steam pipe bursts, releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest.

2007 Nelson Mandela convenes a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems as he turns 89.

2007 At the height of rush hour in New York City a major steam pipe bursts, releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurred; a pedestrian who went into cardiac arrest.

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