1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage

1965 Beatles "Help" is released in the UK

1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"

1967 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)

1967 Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons

1967 Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit

1968 Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt

1968 PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane

1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed

1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France

1972 The first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched

1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die

1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses

1976 Wings release "Let 'em In"

1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges

1978 Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas

1979 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops

1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya

1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter

1980 Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6

1984 Vanessa Williams, first black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude

1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson

1988 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton (CFL)

1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for first time (America's Most Wanted)

1989 Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas

1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession

1993 Sarah Deal becomes first women Marine selected for naval aviation training.

1864 Dr Livingstone, the African missionary, returns to England

1952 Military stage a coup in Egypt, forcing King Farouk to abdicate

1991 USSR applies for full membership of the IMF and World Bank

1993 Widespread flooding on the Mississippi river, USA

1888 The birth of Raymond Chandler, American author

1933 The birth of Richard Rogers, British architect

2005 A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 205 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.

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