1960 Suzanne Cundale (nee Finney) born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. And didn't she turn out well!!!

1961 Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory

1965 Beatles movie "Help" premiers, Queen Elizabeth attends

1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s

1967 Explosion & Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, $100 million in damage

1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage

1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption

1968 Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control

1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars

1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct

1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy

1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee

1974 St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base

1975 Ford became first US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz

1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY

1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m

1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings

1981 Nearly four billion people in seventy-four countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Charles, heir to the British throne, to a young English schoolteacher named Lady Diana Spence

1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer

1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson

1983 "Friday Night Videos" premiers on NBC TV

1983 (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor died

1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak

1984 Summer Olympics opens in LA

1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched

1987 Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia

1988 FDIC bails out first Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion

1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989

1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit

1988 Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes sigh

1988 South African govt bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"

1991 Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7+ carat engagement ring

1588 British general Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth

1975 Military staged coup in Nigeria

1883 The birth of Benito Mussolini, Italian leader

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