1959 VP Nixon argued with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate"

1961 A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show

1963 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea

1965 Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone"

1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the NY Mets

1966 Montgomery Clift actor, dies at 45

1967 Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana

1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Qu‚bec libre! Long live free Quebec!' A lot of pople are not happy at his remarks

1967 Race riot in Cambridge Maryland

1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth

1969 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal

1972 Bobby Ramirez drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl

1972 Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at 16

1974 Chris Chubbock newscaster shoots self on air

1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes

1975 Apollo 18 returns to Earth

1978 "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC

1979 Archie Duncan actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65

1980 Peter Sellers dies at 54

1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2763 Jeans

1984 Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open

1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai

1986 SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage

1987 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released

1988 US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup

1990 Ms. Magazine hits the newstands again after an 8 month haitus

1991 U of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of the solar system

1925 Insulin successfully used for the first time to treat a patient

1985 France leads international campaign for sanctions against South Africa

1802 The birth of Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Musketeers'

1898 The birth of Amelia Earhart, American aviator

1919 The birth of Peter Yates, British director

2005 Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement.

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