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1975 The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft. 
1975 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver in Calif
1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78
1977 Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies.
1980 Eddie Jackson comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1982 Body of Wendy Caulfield, inaugural Green River victim, are discovered near Seattle.
1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas.
1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0.
1982 Wendy Caulfield inaugural Green River victim, are discovered near Seattle.
1982 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France.
1983 Eddie Foy Jr actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1983 Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1986 Benny Rubin actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87.
1986 Florence Halop actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63
1987 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
1988 Eleanor Estes author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
1990 Troy Dixon rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 from a fall.
1991 Bert Convy actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57.
1991 US troops leave northern Iraq.
2007 In Tacoma, Washington, the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world.
2009 A magnitude 7.9 earquake regiers 160km we of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.
2012 39 pilgrims are killed in a bus crash in Parasi, Nepal
2013 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
2014 20 people are killed and 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow
2017 124th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams (7-5, 6-0).
2017 Australian Justine Damond killed by Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 for a disturbance.
2018 Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao formally ends WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in 7 in Kuala Lumpur for his inaugural knockout in 9 years and 60th career victory.
2018 FIFA World Cup Final: Former captain Didier Deschamps is recorded as becoming only the third man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia 4-2 in Moscow.
2018 In this year, Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Äoković claims his 4th Wimbledon title beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6.
2018 In this year, Senior Players Championship, Exmoor CC: Fijian Vijay Singh claims in a playoff with Jeff Maggert
2018 8-year-old girl finds pre-Viking-era sword in Vidostern lake, Sweden, internet proclaims her Queen of Sweden.
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