Sep 10 John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67.

Sep 09 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas

Sep 12 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

Sep 13 US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

Sep 22 NASA launches Galaxy-B

Sep 23 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9

Sep 01 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet

Sep 26 Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10

Jun 27 Maxie Anderson &Don Ida die during a balloon race

Jun 18 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride first US woman

Jun 27 NASA launches space vehicle S-205

Jun 16 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany

Jun 25 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m

Jun 22 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period

Jun 13 Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system

Jun 18 Sally Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space.

Jun 29 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB

Jun 22 First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle

Jun 18 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC

Jun 22 The first time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle

Jun 18 Sally Ride becomes the first US woman in space onboard the space shuttle.

Jun 16 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10

Jun 15 Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion

Jun 28 NASA launches Galaxy-A

Jun 14 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx

Jun 24 Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat

Jun 05 Yannich Noah becomes first Frenchman to win French Open since WW II

Jun 13 Pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to leave Solar System

Jun 02 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti

Jun 07 A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152

Jun 28 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

Jun 24 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB

Jun 16 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal

Jun 27 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station

Dec 12 A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait

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