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The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes…
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating…
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating…
Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited…
Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact…
Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact…
James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a milita
A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a milita
A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the U
Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his ch
After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title
Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt
Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to be