Events in History
Events 201 - 300 of 364
- Jun 23 Warren E. Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Jun 23 24 Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district, Cape Province, appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act; alleged they had conspired or incited others to kill White people or police
- Jun 28 Police carry out an early morning raid on gay bar Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days. Beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement
- Jun 29 1st Jewish worship service at White House
- Jun 30 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
- Jun 30 In South Africa, General Laws Amendment Bill is passed; the Bill contains far-reaching provisions and restrictions affecting the administration of justice and the disclosure of evidence
- Jul 1 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales is watched by large crowds in Caernarfon, Wales and by millions on television
Prince Charles
- Jul 3 Soviet N1 rocket explodes just after launch off at Baikonur Cosmodrome - one of the largest-ever non-nuclear human-made explosion, debris spread over 10 km
- Jul 4 "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in UK
- Jul 4 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Jul 4 The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
- Jul 6 Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao
- Jul 7 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
- Jul 7 German newspaper Der Spiegel reveals Bishop Defregger of Munich is a war criminal
- Jul 8 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
- Jul 8 IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
- Jul 10 Chilean Association of Librarians created
- Jul 12 As the 'marching season' reaches its height there is serious rioting in Derry, Belfast and Dungiven; many families in Belfast are forced to move from their homes
- Jul 13 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
Event of Interest
Jul 13 North Ireland loyalist Ian Paisley addresses a crowd at Loughgall, County Antrim, and is reported to have said: "I am anti-Roman Catholic, but God being my judge, I love the poor dupes who are ground down under that system."
Ian Paisley
- Jul 14 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins
- Jul 14 The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
- Jul 14 A 67-year-old Catholic civilian dies after being attacked by RUC officers in Dungiven; many consider this the first death of 'the Troubles'
- Jul 19 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
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Jul 20 Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later; Michael Collins remains in orbit in the lunar module
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
- Jul 21 Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
- Jul 21 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
- Jul 22 USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
- Jul 23 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Jul 24 Apollo 11 returns to Earth
- Jul 25 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne
- Jul 26 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
- Jul 29 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars
- Jul 31 Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3410 km
- Jul 31 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Aug 1 Mariner 6 sends close-up photos of Mars
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Aug 2 US President Richard Nixon visits Romania
Richard Nixon
- Aug 5 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
- Aug 9 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
- Aug 12 Battle of the Bogside: RUC officers, backed by loyalists, entered the nationalist Bogside in armoured cars and tried to suppress the riot by using CS gas, water cannon and eventually firearms; the almost continuous rioting lasted for two days
- Aug 14 In response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists hold protests throughout Northern Ireland, some of these became violent
- Aug 14 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner
- Aug 16 First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago)
- Aug 16 V.V. Giri is elected the fourth President of India
- Aug 17 Hurricane Camille strikes US coastline and kills 259 people (mainly in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
- Aug 20 69 cm rainfall in Nelson County, Virginia (state record)
- Aug 21 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
- Aug 21 First Gap clothing store opens in Ocean Avenue, San Francisco
- Aug 22 Gloria O Smith (NY) crowned 2nd Miss Black America
- Aug 24 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
- Aug 27 Lindy's Pride wins Hambletonian Stakes
- Aug 27 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
- Aug 30 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
- Aug 30 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
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Sep 1 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution
Muammar Gaddafi
- Sep 2 The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
- Sep 5 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
- Sep 8 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya
- Sep 9 Allegheny Airlines flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills all 83 occupants
- Sep 10 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
- Sep 11 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Sep 14 Male voters of Swiss Canton Schaffhausen reject female suffrage
- Sep 22 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
- Sep 24 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati
- Sep 24 Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam
- Sep 24 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins
- Sep 26 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
- Sep 26 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 28 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
- Sep 28 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
- Sep 29 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
- Sep 29 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
- Sep 30 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
- Oct 1 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
- Oct 1 Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
- Oct 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Oct 2 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
- Oct 4 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach
- Oct 4 UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
- Oct 8 The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
- Oct 11 -28] Rome: 2nd bishop synod
- Oct 11 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 & 8 follow in next 2 days
- Oct 11 Three people shot dead during street violence in the loyalist Shankill area of Belfast
- Oct 12 1st time 5 people in space
- Oct 12 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KAPN
- Oct 12 KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, CA (IND) begins
- Oct 12 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7 is launched
- Oct 13 1st time 7 people in space
- Oct 13 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 8 is launched
- Oct 14 Palme government forms in Sweden
- Oct 14 Race riots in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Oct 14 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Oct 14 The United Kingdom introduces the 50p (fifty-pence) coin, replacing the ten-shilling note, in anticipation of currency decimalisation in 1971
- Oct 15 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
- Oct 15 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war
- Oct 16 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
- Oct 17 NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY