1974 BART begins regular transbay service

1974 Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters

1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)

1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop

1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV

1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love"

1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran

1982 Israeli forces move into West Beirut too late to prevent a massacre of Palestinians by Christian Falangists.

1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen

1984 "Miami Vice" premiers

1987 NASA launches space vehicle S-209

1988 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series

1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher

1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY

1990 Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan wed

1990 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush

1990 Pirate Radio New York International begins transmissions on WWCR

1991 US trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins

1847 Shakespeares home in Stratford Upon Avon purchased for preservation

1963 Malaysian independence

1975 Papua New Guinea independence

1387 The birth of King Henry V of England

1924 The birth of Lauren Bacall, American film actress

1926 The birth of B.B King, American Blues singer

1927 The birth of Peter Falk, US television and film actor (TV's 'Columbo')

2006 Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam.

2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashes in Phuket, Thailand , killing 89 of the passengers and crew.

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