1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman

1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36

1968 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host

1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court

1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US

1970 Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named first female US generals

1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1970 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play

1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed

1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt)

1972 George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD

1972 Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control

1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed

1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation

1976 "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91

1976 "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85

1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation

1980 Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City.

1980 Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980

1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK

1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6

1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion

1986 Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years

1988 Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán

1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers

1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years

1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million

1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45

1990 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe

1991 Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams.

1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"

1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier

1991 Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

1991 Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns

1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy

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