1970 – Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
1971 – Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1973 – 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
1980 – Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 – Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1983 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1984 – Polygram’s Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 – “Laserphonic Fantasy” premieres
1985 – USSR’s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
2020 – US Senate unanimously confirms General Charles Q. Brown (58) as Air Force Chief of Staff, 1st African American to lead a US armed forces branch