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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds 
1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated.
1961 South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth.
1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter
1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is inaugural to land a triple lutz ice skate jump
1962 Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64.
1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty.
1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton more to come).
1964 Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75
1965 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
1966 8th Grammy Awards Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand
1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
1966 Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown steps down.
1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri
1968 In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation
1968 LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world".
1968 Uprising in South Yemen
1968 US Mint formally ends buying and selling gold.
1969 US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas steps down.
1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead)
1969 Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80
1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
1970 Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68
1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show"
1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet.
1972 Assassination attempt on Governor George Wallace of Alabama.
1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112.
1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle.
1973 Alberta Indians awarded $190000 settlement in back payment of ammunition money promised to them under their 1877 treaty; sum of $2000 should have been paid annually
1973 Dedication of the Memorial to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh The memorial sculpture was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAAF on 31mar1921
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