1972 In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours (Murder City?)

1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck king of Bhutan, dies

1973 Hank Aaron becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 700 HRs

1973 USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of the red planet

1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Brit ambassador to Ireland is assassinated

1976 The first outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila

1978 The final flight of the service acceptance trials for the AH-1T Cobra helicopter gunship was made at Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent Rive

1978 US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike

1978 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m

1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2585 Irpedina & #3298

1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated

1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs the Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins

1982 Dave Garroway TV host (Today Show), dies at 69

1983 Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law

1983 Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park

1983 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge

1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s

1985 Mickey Shaughnessy actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65

1985 Vicki Vola actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)

1986 Pleasure Island plans unveiled

1986 Virginia Hewitt actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60

1987 Navy escorts first Earnest Will Convoy in the Persian Gulf.

1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)

1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors

1989 Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time

1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Carl "the Truth" Williams in 1 33 of first round

1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash

1990 Pink Floyds' "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood

1998 Alan Shepard dies in Monterey, CA, at age 74. Shepard was the first American in space, and later commanded the Apollo 14 moon mission. He was the fifth person to walk on the lunar surface.

1944 American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam

1959 Savannah', the worlds first nuclear powered merchant ship, is launched

1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the Moon

1983 Authorities end Martial Law in Poland

1985 South African government declares State of Emergency

1990 Rock concert in East Berlin, celebrating the removal of the wall, attended by 150,000

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