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1986 In this year, NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated. 
1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91
1987 Angel Cordero Jr is recorded as becoming the 4th jockey to win 6000 races
1987 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81
1988 Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for inaugural visit in 21 years
1988 Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
1988 NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz.
1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
1989 Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66.
1990 Blackout hits Chicago.
1990 Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124.
1991 Expo's Dennis Martinez pitches baseball's 15th perfect game (Dodgers)
1991 In this year, Miguel Indurain of Spain claims the Tour de France bicycle race
1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45.
1993 Herbert Joeks, [van Hugten], Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77.
1994 Bernard Delfont, Rus/Brit impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84.
1996 Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86
2005 The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms.
2012 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43
2013 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy.
2014 UN Security Council hold emergency meeting calling for an immediate and indefinite humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
2017 US Senate vote for "skinny" repeal of Obamacare fails 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against.
2017 Pakistan Supreme Court rules corruption accusations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif enough to remove him from office.
2017 General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
2018 Carr Fire reaches Redding, California, with death toll at 5 having burnt 80000 acres.
2018 Longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st century, lasting 1 hour 43 minutes.
2019 In this year, British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes GC: Germany's Bernhard Langer claims his 4th Senior Open by 2 strokes from Paul Broadhurst
2019 Meghan Duchess of Sussex, revealed as the inaugural guest editor for UK Vogue in 103 years for its September 2019 issue.
2020 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are discovered guilty of corruption, sentenced to 12 years and fined nearly $50 million
2020 Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak is are discovered guilty of all seven charges in the inaugural of five trials on the 1MDB scandal, being jailed 12 years and fined RM210 million as a result.
2021 The inaugural direct observation of light from behind a black hole is reported, confirming Einstein's theory of general relativity.
2024 Venezuelan presidential election: Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declares victory against opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia amid alleged irregularities, causing numerous South American states to refuse to acknowledge the results or suspend diplomatic relations with the Maduro government and sparking nationwide protests
2025 Mexican passenger train derails near Nizanda, Oaxaca, and partially plummets down an embankment, killing at least 13, and injuring 100 of the 250 passengers and crew members aboard
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