1958 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

1960 In the black township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of peaceful black demonstrators, killing sixty-nine people and wounding nearly two hundred in a hail of sub-machine gunfire.

1961 Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club

1962 A bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds

1962 Actor Matthew Broderick born this day.

1962 Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control

1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed

1964 Beatles' "She Loves You", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks

1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL

1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact

1966 Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene

1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases

1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé

1969 John & Yoko stage their first bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)

1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"

1972 US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote

1973 Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals

1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall

1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years

1975 Malcolm Fraser successfully challenges Bill Snedden for the leadership of Australia's Liberal Party;

1977 In Iran a 7.0 earthquake was was centered in the Bandar Abbas area, near the Persian Gulf. The earthquake killed 167, injured 556, and caused considerable damage over an area of 550 square kilometers north of Bandar Abbas

1977 Off Newfoundland the Greenpeace Foundation abandons protest against annual seal hunt off coast of Newfoundland; due to bad weather, ice conditions, and lack of money

1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel

1980 On TV show Dallas, JR is shot

1982 In the Hokkaido, Japan Region a 6.7 earthquake injured 110 and caused extensive damage (VI JMA) in southern Hokkaido

1982 Movie "Annie" premieres

1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled

1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon

1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan

1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame

1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed

1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange

1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (ƒ17 million)

1989 Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke weeps on television as he admits to having an extra-marital affair.

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