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serial	2168
year	1966
month	7
day	8
event	US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
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7/1 - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)

7/1 - Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART

7/1 - Explorer 33 launched

7/1 - Medicare goes into effect

7/1 - VVV soccer team forms in Venlo

7/1 - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.

7/2 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

7/2 - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)

7/2 - 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll

7/3 - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich

7/3 - Brave pitcher Tony Cloningerp~ is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game

7/3 - Race riots in Omaha Nebraska

7/4 - Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos

7/5 - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy

7/5 - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting

7/5 - NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents

7/6 - Malawi becomes a republicp~ Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres

7/8 - US airline strike (until Aug 19th)

7/8 - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

7/9 - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane

7/10 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational

7/10 - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon

7/12 - US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints

7/12 - Race riot in Chicago

7/12 - All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Balt Orioles)

7/12 - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stadp~ St Louis

7/12 - "10.51"" (26.70 cm) of rainfallp~ Sandusky Ohio (state record)"

7/13 - Richard Speckp~ murders 8 nurses in Chicago

7/14 - Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory

7/16 - Half a Sixpence closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs

7/17 - It's a Bird... It's Superman closes at Alvin NYC after 129 perfs

7/17 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

7/17 - Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit

7/17 - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)

7/17 - Pioneer 7 launched

7/18 - Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old

7/18 - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)

7/19 - Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)

7/19 - France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island

7/21 - Gemini X returns to Earth

7/21 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

7/23 - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

7/23 - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)

7/23 - "Napoleon XIV releases ""They're Coming to Take Me Awayp~ Ha! Ha!"""

7/24 - Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open

7/24 - 48th PGA Championship: Al Geiberger shoots a 280 at Firestone CC Akron

7/25 - Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone

7/25 - "Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's ""While My Guitar..."""

7/25 - Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River

7/25 - "Supremes release ""You Can't Hurry Love"""

7/25 - Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame

7/26 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.

7/26 - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanonp~ NH (NBC) begins broadcasting

7/29 - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup

7/30 - "Beatles' ""Yesterday... & Todayp~"" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks"

7/30 - England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London

7/30 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Supertest Ladies Golf Open

7/30 - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam

7/31 - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark

1966-7-8

US airline strike (until Aug 19th)