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Monday, 15 June 2026
1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155. 

1970 New English Bible published. 

1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61. 

1971 13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win. 

1971 The inaugural SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility. 

1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 

1972 John and Yoko are served with deportation papers. 

1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72. 

1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79. 

1974 The inaugural performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 

1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury 

1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 

1976 British premier Harold Wilson steps down. 

1977 US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 

1978 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast. 

1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 

1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth. 

1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 

1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney. 

1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90. 

1980 In this year, Joanne Carner claims LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic 

1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79. 

1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut. 

1984 South-Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty. 

1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 

1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years. 

1985 In the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico 

1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 

1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 

1988 As part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States 

1988 Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North and Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair. 

1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed. 

1988 US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras 

1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 

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