1958 - KAYS TV (now KBSH-DT) channel 7 in Hays, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party
1972 - French track cyclist Daniel Morelon successfully defends his Olympic sprint title beating Australian John Nicholson for the gold medal in Munich
1978 - American radio disc jockey and stunt pilot Hal McClain (38) performs world record 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston, Texas
2020 - Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for COVID-19 and is later hospitalized

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