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1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98). 
1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67.
1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time.
1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81
1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies.
1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
1962 Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)".
1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record).
1963 200000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC.
1963 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr delivers his I Have a Dream speech before an audience of 250000 near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens.
1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial.
1963 Over 200000 people march through Washington in a civil rights demonstration led by Rv. Martin Luther King.
1964 Beatlemania is in full swing as The Beatles grace the cover of LIFE magazine
1964 Race riot in Philadelphia
1964 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen), dies at 62
1967 Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies.
1968 Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president
1968 Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven.
1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies.
1969 Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 25 people die and 1150 are rescued when the Greek liner Haleanna catches fire.
1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies
1972 Mark Spitz earns the inaugural of seven gold medals, seting a world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany
1972 William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29.
1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico results in the deaths of 527.
1973 An earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people
1973 In Veracruz, Mexico a 7.2 earthquake resulted in more than 600 reported killed, thousands injured.
1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
1978 Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78.
1979 Simonow, writer, dies.
1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan.
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