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Results 1 - 43 of 43
1st - EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
1st - KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1st - Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
2nd - Baltimore defeats KC 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals
2nd - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
2nd - Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in Calif
3rd - 4 day NFL strike ends
3rd - Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London
3rd - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
3rd - Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
4th - Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
5th - Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London
5th - US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
6th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
7th - 1st computer chess tournament
7th - Christine Perfect (McVie) joins Fleetwood Mac
7th - WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
7th - 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
8th - NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
9th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
9th - Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
10th - Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on "lewd & lascivious behavior"
11th - Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
11th - Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront
12th - Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
14th - City University of NY inaugurates open admissions
14th - Steven Stills arrested for drug possession
15th - Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
16th - 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK
16th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open
17th - Venera 7 (US), 1st softlanding on Venus, launched
20th - -21] Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique
23rd - Kathy Ahern wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
23rd - Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game
24th - Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
25th - Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
28th - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
29th - Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
31st - 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
31st - Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
31st - Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
31st - Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14
31st - WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
