1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1972 John &Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey

1975 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum while in New York for the US Open.

1976 Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US

1978 Begin &Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace

1982 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"

1982 Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland

1983 USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2

1984 Country music artist Ernest Tubb dies at the age of 70.

1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow

1986 Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years

1986 USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying

1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal

1988 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard

1989 Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records

1991 USSR recognizes independence of the 3 baltic republics

1995 Cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles shortstop, breaks Lou Gehrig's record by playing in 2,131 consecutive games.

1995 The Senate Ethics Committee recommends expulsion of US Senator Bob Packwood, accused of sexual misconduct.

1997 The funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, is held at London's Westminster Abbey.

1666 The Great Fire of London is finally put out after four days

1941 German jewish citizens forced to wear yellow stars of David on their clothes

1942 German advance into the USSR halted at Stalingrad

1965 India invades West Pakistan

1987 Kurdish leaders appeal to the UN for protection from Iraqi attacks

1757 The birth of Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier

1766 The birth of John Dalton, British chemist

1860 The birth of Jane Addams, American sociologist

1892 The birth of Edward Appleton, English physicist

2007 A bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.

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