1963 Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space returns to Earth

1967 Muhammad Ali is convicted for reusing induction in US Army

1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD

1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign

1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances

1970 A Nikolayev &V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9

1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published

1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance

1973 Pete Rose &Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000

1974 KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0

1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth

1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann first US male saint

1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified

1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit

1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa

1981 India's APPLE satellite, first to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched

1984 The first live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)

1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place

1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup

1987 Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia

1987 Geffen records sign their first artist (Donna Summer)

1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends

1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie

1988 In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins

1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie

2000 The last rail on the order books of Sysco (Sydney Steel) is rolled.

1961 United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait

1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space

1566 The birth of James VI of Scotland and England

1623 The birth of Blaise Pascal, French mathematician

1861 The birth of Douglas Haig, British field marshal

1947 The birth of Salman Rushdie, British novelist

1954 The birth of Kathleen Turner, American film actress

2005 Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament.

2006 The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games-3 games to win the Stanley Cup.

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