Events in History
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- Jun 16 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
- Jun 17 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
- Jun 18 A report published by the International Commission of Jurists on the British government's policy in Northern Ireland is critical of both the British government and the Northern Ireland government
- Jun 19 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
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Jun 20 Georges Pompidou sworn in as President of France
Georges Pompidou
- Jun 20 A constitutional referendum in Rhodesia on declaring a republic is approved by 72% of the voting population
- Jun 21 1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace)
- Jun 22 Cleveland's Cuyahoga River catches fire due to pollution
- Jun 22 The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) stage a protest by blocking the Lecky Road in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland
- Jun 23 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
- 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 25 19th Berlin International Film Festival: "Early Works" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 27 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
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Jun 28 A police raid on the gay bar "Stonewall Inn" triggers spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community in NYC. The "Stonewall riots" constituted the most important event which sparked America's gay liberation movement
Marsha P. Johnson
- 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 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
- Jul 1 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips
- Jul 2 Ireland bowl out West Indies for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts
- 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 familles in Belfast are forced to move from their homes
- Jul 13 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
- 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."
- 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 15 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season
Apollo 11 Bootprint
Jul 16 Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon
- Jul 19 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
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Jul 20 1st Moon Landing: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out from Apollo spacecraft 11, 530 million watch live global broadcast
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
- Jul 21 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, Lousiana
- 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 4 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium
- Aug 5 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
- Aug 5 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
- Aug 9 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
- Aug 11 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder
- 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 13 Balt Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
- Aug 13 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
- 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)
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Aug 18 Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"
Mick Jagger
- Aug 20 69 cm rainfall in Nelson County, Virginia (state record)
- Aug 21 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
- Aug 22 Gloria O Smith (NY) crowned 2nd Miss Black America
- Aug 24 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
- Aug 27 Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes
- Aug 27 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
- 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 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season
- 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 18 Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky get engaged
- Sep 22 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
- Sep 23 Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead
- 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 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6
- 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 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473