1958 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan

1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys

1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida

1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV

1966 Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.

1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10

1967 Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic

1971 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington DC

1972 Jim Ryun (US) &Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide &fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold

1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)

1973 The first all Australian women's US Open final, (Court beats Goolagong)

1974 Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes

1974 US President Gerald Ford grants an unconditional pardon to former President Richard M. Nixon.

1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools

1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy

1982 The Boeing 767 makes its commercial debut on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Denver

1983 NASA launches RCA-6

1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission

1985 "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers

1985 7 die in a car &train crash in San Jose Calif

1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB

1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC

1990 Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graff to win the US Open

1991 Stefan Edberg wins the US Open

1994 A US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.

1998 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs.

1886 Johannesburg, South Africa, founded

1944 German V2 rockets strike London for the first time

1974 Richard Nixon, ex US Presdient, pardoned for his part in the Watergate affair

1978 Martial Law declared in Tehran and other cities, Iran, as riots take place

1753 The birth of John Soane, English architect

1771 The birth of Mungo Park, Scottish born explorer of Africa

1914 The birth of Robert Wise, American film director

2007 Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.

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