1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua

1967 Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas

1967 In Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed

1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank

1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)

1969 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC

1969 Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting

1971 Amtrak railroad begins operation

1971 Amtrak, the U S passenger railroad system that combines the operations of 18 intercity railroads, goes into service

1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"

1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances

1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)

1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres

1975 Canada to bring 3,000 South Vietnamese refugees to Canada.

1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1978 Naomi Uemura became first to reach North Pole overland alone

1979 Elton John becomes first pop star to perform in Israel

1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)

1979 Marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing

1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards Barbara Mandrell wins

1980 American Book Award William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)

1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett

1981 Harrison Williams (Senator-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges

1981 Ottawa imposes special tax of $1.15 per barrel to pay for Petro-Canada's purchase of Petrofina, and are Albertans happy NOT

1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3

1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville TN opens

1983 The Sydney Entertainment Centre opens

1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy

1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels

1985 US President Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua

1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph

1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap

1986 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole

1987 British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine.

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