1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS

1954 After nearly 3,000 episodes, The Lone Ranger ends 21-year legacy of radio drama.

1954 Pope Pius X canonized a saint

1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

1966 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry

1967 Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly

1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution

1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road

1970 Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi dies in Washington DC.

1971 John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return

1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain

1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

1976 The unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth.

1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29

1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1981 David Brinkley ends 38 years with NBC News as anchor and commentator, only to jump ship to rival network ABC.

1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery

1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth

1988 Heidi Ittermann was born!

1989 A Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people.

1990 A Florida dentist dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting five of his patients with the AIDS virus.

1994 China and Russia agree to a non-aggression pact.

1783 The American 'War of Independence' comes to an end, when Britain signs a treaty in Paris

1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany, starting World War 2

1967 Sweden changes to driving on the on the right side of the road, in common with most of Europe

1976 The US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars

1913 The birth of Alan Ladd, American film actor

1940 The birth of Pauline Collins, British actress

2005 William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies.

2006 Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

2006 Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.

2007 British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq.

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