1961 London introduces minicabs

1962 Sons of Freedom Doukhobors bomb electric power pylon near Riondel, British Columbia

1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1962 US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression

1964 Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece

1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali

1964 Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)

1964 Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3 6.4)

1965 "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St NYC after 1415 performances

1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs India in first Test Cricket innings

1965 The first nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford

1966 Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)

1967 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards

1967 Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison

1967 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted

1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US

1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK

1971 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain

1972 Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner

1972 Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes

1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo

1976 World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR)

1976 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina &Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR)

1976 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA)

1976 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain)

1978 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot &crippled by a sniper in Georgia

1980 7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time

1980 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)

1981 CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.

1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth

1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"

1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)

1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections

1983 New Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table

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