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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship 
1977 In this year, Pam Higgins claims LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic.
1977 Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation.
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1979 Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84.
1980 Apollo Computer Inc incorporated.
1980 New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 Opening ceremonies for the 13th Winter Olympics begin in Lake Placid, New York
1980 David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
1982 Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week
1982 Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
1983 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 World Boxing Council is recorded as becoming 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds.
1983 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78.
1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant
1984 Konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov.
1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier.
1985 Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
1987 M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1988 15th Winter Olympics games open at Calgary, Canada.
1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992.
1988 The 15th Winter Olympics opens in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed.
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1989 Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, results in the deaths of patients
1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1990 Health Minister Perrin Beatty announces $75-100000 in compensation for each victim of the drug thalidomide born between 1959 and 1961.
1990 Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79.
1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1991 US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334.
1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
1992 Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW.
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