1963 US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"

1966 Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman

1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services

1968 Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds

1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear

1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen

1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez

1978 In Greece a 6.6 quake was centered about 30 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki. At least 50 people were killed, many injured and there was extensive damage in the Thessaloniki area

1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision

1982 Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington

1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon

1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

1988 Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera

1990 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran

1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of the US

1863 First bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)

1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state

1864 Australians in engagement at Te Ranga, New Zealand

1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska

1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss

1874 First US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)

1893 Lizzie Borden found innocent in New Bedford Mass

1914 German warship Bismark launched

1986 Movement of sheep banned after they ate grass contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl

1990 A new currency unit, the Ecu, proposed for the European community

1909 The birth of Errol Flynn, Australian born Hollywood film actor

1941 The birth of Stephen Frears, English born film director2006 The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.

2007 The Argentinian team Boca Juniors beat the Brazilian team Grêmio to win the Copa Libertadores 2007.

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