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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
1965 Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City. 
1965 Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in NYC at 39
1966 Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution
1968 150000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin.
1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10000.
1968 Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65.
1969 inaugural launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators.
1969 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand".
1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy
1971 In this year, Ruth Jessen claims LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117.
1971 Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79
1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY.
1972 Richard Nixon is recorded as becoming inaugural US President to visit China
1972 US President Richard Nixon goes to China, to help improve relations.
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out.
1973 Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1974 Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London
1974 In this year, Yugoslavia formally adopts constitution
1975 Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.
1975 In this year, John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album.
1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances
1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1976 Florence Ballard, member of Diana Ross and the Supremes, dies in Detroit at age 32
1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32.
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period.
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1979 Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies.
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 meter in 1 55.44
1980 Hanni Wenzel is inaugural Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom)
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