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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) 
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73.
1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization.
1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41.
1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi
1966 In Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported
1967 Supremes release "The Happening"
1967 A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1968 President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies.
1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1969 US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche.
1972 Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee.
1972 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51.
1973 On the Kerguelen-Gausberg Rise a 5.4 earthquake, the inaugural instrumental epicenter associated with this structure and is located in the Antarctic plate 1800 kilometers from the nearest seismic belt
1974 Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down.
1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
1976 In California, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is convicted of taking part in a 1974 armed robbery of a San Francisco bank
1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery.
1976 Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as inaugural mayor in a century
1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India.
1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center.
1979 The last variant of the P-2 Neptune rolled off the production line at ceremonies in Japan. This was the longest production run of any aircraft type in history, 34 years from the inaugural model which was built in 1945
1980 The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks.
1980 The Quebec National Assembly approves wording of referendum question on Sovereignty Association, and so it begins.
1980 US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran.
1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Doctor
1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Islands vs Barbados.
1982 Joan Jett and Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks.
1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52.
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