1957 In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 8.8 quake, one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World and one of the 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States.

1957 In the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake occurred

1959 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold

1959 The first known radar contact is made with Venus

1961 First animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9

1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72

1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit

1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"

1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians

1962 US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight

1963 Beatles began first British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez

1964 The first of many Ford Mustangs is produced

1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes first black Governor of Federal Reserve Board

1967 Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West

1968 10th Grammy Awards Up Up & Away, Sergeant Pepper win

1973 Canada starts direct air service with Federal Republic of Germany and People's Republic of China

1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended

1976 The first female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy

1977 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche

1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington DC, siege ended March 11th

1978 World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa Canada won by Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov (USSR)

1979 Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters

1979 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured

1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News

1983 Caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London

1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana

1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections

1984 John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"

1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed

1985 The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time.

1986 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000

1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts

1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km

1987 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.

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