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1982 Addie "Micki" Harris, US singer (Shirelles-Mama Said), dies at 42 
1984 In this year, Ivan Lendl claims the French Open, his inaugural grand slam title.
1984 US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for inaugural time
1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife.
1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula so much for the "New Coke".
1985 The Israeli army ends its 1099 day occupation of Lebanon
1985 Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated
1987 Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45
1988 Greatest number of participants (31678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1988 Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer
1989 Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily favored Steffi Graf, also inaugural Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1989 Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68
1990 Andres Gomez beats Andre Agassi for French Open title.
1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
1991 Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops.
1991 Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Silence of Mer), dies.
1992 Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1993 Alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72
1994 Edward Kienholz, US sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66
1995 Ernest Anderson, publicist, dies at 85.
1996 Hugh Burnton Mitchell, US senator, dies at 89.
2006 President Mahmoud Abbas sets july 26 as the date for a national referendum in the Palestinian National Authority.
2007 In this year, Lewis Hamilton claims the Canadian Grand Prix becoming the inaugural driver of mixed racial origin to win a Formula One race
2007 The 61st Tony Awards, honoring Broadway theatres' best shows, took place at Radio City Music Hall.
2007 The inaugural round of a legislative election was held in France, and a general election was held in Belgium
2012 A Helicopter crash near Nairobi, Kenya, results in the deaths of five people, including George Saitoti, a Kenyan cabinet minister.
2013 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq.
2017 In this year, 149th Belmont Stakes: Jose Ortiz aboard Tapwrit claims in 2:30.02.
2017 Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, dies of lung cancer at 93.
2017 The 2017 World Expo is opened in Astana, Kazakhstan.
2018 117th Men's French Open: Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 for his record 11th French title (17th Grand Slam victory)
2018 Actor Vince Vaughn arrested for drunk driving and resisting arrest near Los Angeles
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