Aug 31 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador

Aug 23 UN's Vienna office opens

Aug 07 The first day of trading in British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC) shares, everyone in the province got 5 shares from the government

Oct 24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc

Oct 10 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone

Oct 14 NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretsky scores his First NHL goal

Oct 22 Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest

Oct 06 Pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House

Oct 17 1,800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba.

Oct 17 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8

Oct 18 "Beatlemania" opens in London

Oct 30 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham

Oct 22 Ousted Shah of Iran arrives in New York for cancer treatment

Oct 27 Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide

Oct 17 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8

Oct 28 USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October.

Oct 22 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment

Oct 01 US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)

Oct 15 NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier

Oct 20 John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston

Oct 01 President Jimmy Carter awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to former naval aviators Neil Armstrong, CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN (Ret.), COL John Glenn, USMC (Ret.), and RADM Alan Shepard, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Oct 30 NASA launches space vehicle S-203

Oct 17 Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 15 The first Monday Night Footbal game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad)

Oct 29 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.

Jul 21 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated

Jul 12 Minnie Ripperton singer (Lovin' You), dies of cancer at 30

Jul 24 Archie Duncan actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65

Jul 04 In Eastern China a 5.4 quake was centered about 225 kilometers southwest of Shanghai in the Liyang area. At least 41 people were reported killed, more than 2,000 were injured

Jul 23 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops

Jul 21 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2585 Irpedina & #3298

Jul 12 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Tigers

Jul 17 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

Jul 18 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London

Jul 19 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill

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