1957 9th Emmy Awards Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young

1957 Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States

1958 In Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry Anderson, and take him to the southern suburbs of the war-torn city where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined building

1958 On this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird

1959 Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty

1961 Jaguar Cars Ltd. introduced the XK-E, or E-Type, at the Geneva Auto Show. Th E-Type was the successor to the C- and D-Type Jaguar that had earned the company’s reputation for racing excellenc

1962 The first launching of Titan 2-rocket

1962 US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167

1964 Paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension

1965 University of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service.

1966 "Man From Uncle" star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London

1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits

1966 On this day in 1966 General Motors produced its 100,000,000th car, an Oldsmobile Toronado

1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down

1967 Quebec raises provincial sales taxes from 6% to 8%; new program to supplement family allowance; highest sales tax in Canada.

1968 During the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army platoon from Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, massacres over four hundred unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai in the district of Song My

1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die

1968 Robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign

1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155

1970 New English Bible published

1971 13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win

1971 The first SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility

1972 John &Yoko are served with deportation papers

1974 The first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville

1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury

1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns

1977 US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland

1978 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast

1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed

1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth

1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1978 US Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty

1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney

1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic

1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut

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