1961 Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of UN

1961 The first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test

1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records

1967 Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada.

1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders

1969 St Vincent & the Grenadines gains associated status with Britain

1971 Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Za‹re

1971 Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan

1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created

1977 NASA launches space vehicle S-200

1978 Begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize

1978 President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill

1979 Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide

1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph

1981 Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus

1982 IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics

1985 Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's

1986 Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"

1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)

1988 Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra

1987 Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker

1728 The birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand

1782 The birth of Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violinist

1858 The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

1914 The birth of Dylan Thomas, Welsh author and poet

1939 The birth of John Cleese, British actor and writer

2005 Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.

2006 Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line.

2006 The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series.

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