1972 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport

1973 Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup

1975 European Space Agency (ESA) forms

1975 Wings release "Venus & Mars" album

1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)

1979 Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich

1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80

1980 The first papal visit to France since 1814

1980 Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million

1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)

1981 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers

1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs Essex, their lowest score ever

1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua

1984 Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome

1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched

1986 France performs nuclear test

1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing title

1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video

1987 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for International Boxing Federation heavyweight boxing title

1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square causes quite a stir in the Kremlin!! Some say the beginning of th eend of the R

1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house

1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56

1990 Earthquake (6.4) hits Peru, killing 135

1991 64th National Spelling Bee Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic

1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable

1992 New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48)

1992 Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell

1992 UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting

1996 69th National Spelling Bee Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture

1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"

1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson

1997 Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs may311889 The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000

1998 A powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000 people

1536 King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

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