1968 Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.

1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days

1978 Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks

1982 First issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc

1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut

1988 Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics

1990 Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf

1915 Tanks used for the first time, by the British in the Somme

1935 The Third Reich, in Germany, adopts the 'Swastika' as the national flag

1940 Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory

1974 The civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, breaks out between Christians and Muslims

1649 The birth of Titus Oats, English agitator against Roman Catholics

1857 The birth of William Taft, Former (27th) American President

1890 The birth of Agatha Christie, English author

1894 The birth of Jean Renoir, French film director

2006 Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills one person and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States.

2007 Over 3000 Taiwanese Americans and their supporters rallied in front of UN in New York City to demonstrate the dedication that UN should accept Taiwan. At the same time, over 300,000 Taiwanese people rallied in Taiwan to make the same plea.

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