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1969 Woodstock music festival. 
1969 Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97
1970 Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain.
1971 Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia
1971 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents
1971 Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76.
1972 Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89.
1973 Black September results in the deaths of 3 wounds 55 Athens
1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination.
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53.
1976 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84
1978 Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
1979 Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2069 people
1982 Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60.
1983 Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
1985 Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68.
1986 Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger
1988 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
1989 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
1990 Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66.
1991 750000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74.
1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
1993 Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93.
1994 Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80.
1995 Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77.
1996 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86.
2000 A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century
2007 An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean
2007 India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.
2007 NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed
2013 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut.
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