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Monday, 22 June 2026
1968 Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78. 
1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Democratic People's Front for Liberation of Palestine.
1969 Start of hovercraft service between Vancouver and Nanaimo; inaugural scheduled hovercraft service in Canada didn't last too many logs in the water
1969 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67.
1970 Guyana is recorded as becoming a republic (National Day)
1970 Guyana gains independence
1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for inaugural time in Roman Catholic service
1971 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
1971 George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets
1971 Lieutenant Calley confesses and implicates Captain Medina
1971 King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
1972 Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London
1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth"
1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
1975 In this year, Amy Alcott claims LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
1978 20th Grammy Awards Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone win
1979 "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances.
1979 Cameron Mclanahan is born in California.
1979 Frank Peterson Jr named inaugural black general in Marine Corps
1979 In this year, George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album.
1979 W.A.C. Bennett dies at age 78; Premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972.
1980 13th Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY.
1980 In this year, Eric Heiden claims all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, leads to 37-million-gallon spill
1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
1981 People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips
1981 Spanish army officers attempt a coup in the Spanish Parliament
1981 Spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails.
1982 Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London.
1983 25th Grammy Awards Rosanna, Toto IV, Men at Work win
1983 USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 million).
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