1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia

1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass

1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m

1963 Bill J Kramer &Dakotas record Lennon &McCartney "I Call Your Name"

1963 Pres Kennedy spent first full day in Ireland

1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m

1966 First sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers

1967 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)

1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival

1969 Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police, it lasts 3 days

1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol

1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"

1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise

1977 Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day)

1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station

1978 US Seasat 1, first oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit

1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched

1983 Maxie Anderson &Don Ida die during a balloon race

1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205

1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station

1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts

1985 First hotel strike in NY

1986 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking

1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce

1986 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack

1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal

1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires

1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)

1990 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims

1998 In Turkey a 6.3 quake killed at least 145 people and more than 1,500 injured in the Adana and Ceyhan areas

1999 Alberta RailNet takes over the former CN Grande Cache (from Swan Landing to Grande Prairie, m. 1.80 to m. 232.90), Grande Prairie (from Rycroft to Hythe, m. 0 to m. 89.19) and Smoky (Tangent to Spirit River, m. 306.2 to m. 357.80) subdivisions in Alberta.

1975 Hunting of Finback whales banned

1977 French Somaliland becomes the independent country of Djibouti

1462 The birth of Louis XII, King of France

1844 The birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church

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