1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet

1960 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing

1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training

1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany

1965 Dutch Princess Margriet &Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged

1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires

1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg

1966 North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley

1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed)

1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr

1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" &"I Can Do It"

1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia

1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18

1972 General Lon Nol becomes President &prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia

1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1973 Morocco adopts constitution

1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election

1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six

1975 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances

1975 Dog spectacles patented in England

1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO

1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth

1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show

1981 In the North West Territories Panarctic Oils Ltd. finds oil in offshore exploratory well in the eastern Arctic

1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)

1982 Sygyzy all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun

1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page

1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)

1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"

1985 World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova &Andrei Bukin (USSR)

1985 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)

1985 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)

1985 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR)

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