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Thursday, 18 June 2026
1979 USS Constellation and her escort ships were ordered to the Gulf of Aden in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen. 
1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84.
1980 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried.
1980 Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC.
1981 The inaugural homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
1981 John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73.
1982 In this year, Beth Daniel claims LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic.
1982 In this year, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1.
1982 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68.
1983 August Hoffman performs record 29051 consecutive sit-ups.
1983 TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
1983 Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
1984 $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit.
1984 In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area.
1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released
1985 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
1986 In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 8.0 multiple event quake Damage (VI) on Adak and Atka.Tsunami generated with observed wave heights 91 to 122 cm at Kapaa, Kauai and 61 to 91 cm at Hanalei, Kauai and along the coast of Washington
1986 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires.
1986 South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends.
1986 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81.
1987 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers.
1987 Gavaskar is recorded as becoming inaugural cricket batsman to score 10000 Test runs
1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1987 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champ, "Iron" Mike Tyson, became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas.
1988 Howard Stern's inaugural pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party"
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1988 Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies.
1989 Chinese occupying forces fire on Tibetan monks and civilians
1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses".
1989 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21030 feet
1989 On the Burma-China Border Region a 5.6 quake killed at least 1 person, 91 injured and 5300 houses destroyed in the Gengma area, China.
1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland).
1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)
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