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Results 1 - 62 of 62

1st - Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1st - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
2nd - Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
2nd - Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Yr
3rd - 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
3rd - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
4th - Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
5th - 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
5th - 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
6th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
6th - France performs nuclear test
6th - Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)
7th - 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
7th - Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
7th - Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
7th - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
7th - Shawn Weatherly, of USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe
7th - Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Univ) as 29th Miss USA
7th - Institution of sharia in Iran.
7th - The Safra massacre in Lebanon.
8th - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
8th - All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
9th - 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil
9th - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years
9th - Walt Disney's "Fox & The Hound," released
10th - Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen
10th - Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5°C temp
10th - Alexandra Palace burnt down for a second time.
11th - American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
13th - 35th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
13th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
15th - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
16th - Polish railway workers block railway to Russia
16th - Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit
17th - Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president
17th - Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
17th - Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
18th - Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
18th - Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
18th - Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
18th - Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
18th - Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
19th - 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott
19th - David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver
20th - 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane
20th - Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France
20th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
21st - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
23rd - Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
23rd - River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
23rd - Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
25th - Train crash at Winsum, 9 die
25th - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
27th - Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead
27th - Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
28th - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president
30th - Houston Astro pitcher J R Richard suffers a stroke
30th - Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain & France
31st - John Phillips of Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges
31st - Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak
31st - Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
31st - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR