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1969 Mariner 6 flies past Mars 
1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La
1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate.
1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73
1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later.
1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
1978 Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris.
1978 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80
1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev and #2416 Sharonov
1979 Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76
1980 John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges.
1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49
1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as inaugural woman president of the Natl Bar Assn
1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash.
1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France
1984 US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
1984 Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79
1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1986 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73.
1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle.
1988 Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London.
1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38.
1990 Nolan Ryan is recorded as becoming the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games.
1990 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72.
1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems.
1994 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66
1995 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83
1996 Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76
1997 Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies.
2011 Arab Spring: Because of the uncertaintities associated with a clamp-down of the free press, there is believed to be at least 121 people killed in a Syrian Army tank raid on the town of Hama and over 150 people are reportedly killed across the country. The total dead throughout Syria may never be known, but an estimate as of sep 24 is 3000
2011 In Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1440 billion baht (US$45 billion).
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