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1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702. 
1971 Jim Morrison rocker (Doors), dies of heart failure in France
1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68
1973 Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63.
1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3.
1974 John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies.
1976 103 hostages were rescued by an Israeli commando unit in a raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda. 106 hostages had been taken from a hijacked Air France airliner on its way to Paris from Tel Aviv. Seven pro-Palestinian guerrilla hijackers, 20 Ugandan soldiers and 3 hostages were killed in the raid.
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers.
1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1977 Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63
1978 James Daly actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words".
1980 73096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0.
1981 NYC transit fare rises from 60. to 75., new brass Y-cut-out token.
1981 Ross Martin actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61.
1982 Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon.
1982 Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies connected for hit #3786. It moved Rose into second place in the career-hits column
1982 Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
1983 Calvin Smith of US is recorded as becoming quickest man alive (9.93 s for 100 m)
1983 In Costa Rica a 6.7 earthquake resulted in two people killed and approximately 60 injured. Considerable damage to buildings
1983 John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon.
1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1984 Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
1985 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover.
1985 In the New Britian Region a 7.4 quake damage (VII), landslides and ground cracks on New Ireland and in the Rabaul area, New Britain. A 1.3-meter tsunami was observed in Rabaul's harbor.
1986 Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1986 Rudy Vallee singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84.
1987 2 men became inaugural hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic.
1987 NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
1987 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90.
1988 Gabe Dell actor, dies at 68 of leukemia
1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan issued a statement to the world, and an apology to the Iranian people, “I am saddened to report that it appears that in a proper defensive action by the "USS Vincennes" this morning in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian airliner was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz ... We greatly regret any loss of life ...” (290 died when the "Vincennes" fired upon Iran Air Flight 655, mistaking the plane for a hostile F-14 fighter plane.).
1988 US Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, results in the deaths of 290
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