1962 – 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea
1963 – Indian government announces it will cut last remaining links with South Africa by refusing landing facilities to South African aircraft
1966 – Richard Speck murders 8 nurses in Chicago
1968 – French government-Couve de Murville forms
1971 – 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
1974 – 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
1978 – Russian dissidents Ginsburg, Piatkus and Sjtsjaranki sentenced to work camps
1982 – Iran launches first attack into Iraq
2012 – Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
2014 – FIFA World Cup Final: Mario Götze scores an extra time winner as Germany beats Argentina 1-0 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil