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- 1966: GEMINI VIII DOCKED WITH AN AGENA ROCKET, THE FIRST DOCKING OF TWO VEHICLES IN SPACE. ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG AND DAVID SCOTT WERE ON BOARD THE SPACECRAFT. WHEN IT BEGAN TO SPIN, THE DOCKING MISSION WAS ABORTED
- BORN 1967: LAUREN GRAHAM (ACTRESS)
- 1968: MY LAI AND MY KHE VILLAGERS WERE KILLED BY AMERICAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM (VIETNAM WAR)
1970s
- BORN 1971: ALAN TUDYK (ACTOR)
- 1973: PRISONER-OF-WAR COL. FLOYD J. THOMPSON RELEASED FROM N. VIETNAM AFTER ALMOST 9 YEARS
- 1974: THE GRAND OLE OPRY MOVED INTO ITS NEW 4,400-SEAT OPRY HOUSE AT THE OPRYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK OUTSIDE NASHVILLE
- DIED 1975: T-BONE WALKER (MUSICIAN)
1980s
- 1984: WILLIAM BUCKLEY, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE U.S. EMBASSY’S POLITICAL SECTION AND CIA STATION CHIEF, WAS KIDNAPPED IN BEIRUT
- 1988: LT. COLONEL OLIVER NORTH, VICE ADMIRAL JOHN POINDEXTER, RICHARD SECORD, AND ALBERT HAKIM WERE INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BY FUNNELING AID TO THE NICARAGUAN CONTRAS (IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR)
- 1989: JULIE CROTEAU FROM ST. MARY’S COLLEGE IN MARYLAND BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO PLAY ON AN NCAA MEN’S BASEBALL TEAM
1990s
- 1994: TONYA HARDING PLEADED GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO HINDER THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK ON RIVAL NANCY KERRIGAN
- 1995: NORMAN THAGARD BECAME FIRST AMERICAN TO VISIT RUSSIAN SPACE STATION MIR
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