1977 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise

1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School

1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington

1980 Ships of the Amphibious Force, Sixth Fleet, including Guadalcanal, began assisting the victims of the massive earthquake which devastated the Algerian city of Al Asnam.

1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)

1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying

1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission

1985 Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize

1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain

1996 Linda Juster is married in Placentia California

2000 USS Cole (Destroyer) was bombed while refuling in Aden, Yemen 17 sailors lost their lives

1986 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China

1537 The birth of King Edward VI, Successor to Henry VIII

1921 The birth of Kenneth Griffith, Writer, actor and documentary film maker

2005 The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched, carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.

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