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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
1976 Halifax born journalist Robert MacNeil teams up with Jim Lehrer to co-host the inaugural MacNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS. 
1976 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
1977 Kenya President Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament.
1977 Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74.
1979 Jazz bassist Charles Mingus dies of a heart attack at age 56
1979 Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56.
1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.
1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women.
1981 Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1982 Elizabeth Bagshaw dies at age 100; one of Canada's inaugural female doctors
1982 Ottawa bans hiring skilled foreign workers in several mining, manufacturing and construction sectors; to protect Canadian jobs.
1982 Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64.
1983 Roman Catholic Bishops of Canada release New Year's message attacking government economic policy
1984 Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings.
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1985 Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906.
1987 Canadian author Margaret Laurence takes her own life at age 60, losing a battle with lung cancer;
1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack NJ
1987 Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
1988 Austrian President Waldheim's war record investigated
1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40.
1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test.
1990 Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76.
1991 John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82.
1992 Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's inaugural cricket Test wicket.
1993 Brian Lara completes 277 vs Australia at cricket SCG.
1993 Off the Shetland Islands, in Britain Liberian-registered oil tanker Braer, bound for Canada, hits a reef off Shetland and goes aground, spilling its 90 million litres of crude oil into the North Sea
1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident.
1993 Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame.
1993 Washington state hangs serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the inaugural such execution in the US in 28 years
1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85.
1994 The start of a horror spell of New South Wales bushfires; four die, more than 100 hospitalised in one day, scores of homes destroyed; more than15000 Sydneysiders flee advancing flames.
1994 Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, former speaker of the House, dies in Boston at age 81
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