| 2000 | Terrorists launch a small missile at Britain's MI6 intelligence headquarters in London.
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| 1984 | 12 people die when the US Embassy in Beirut is attacked by a suicide bomber.
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| 1984 | The Cosby Show, starring comedian Bill Cosby, premieres on NBC-TV.
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| 1977 | Dijbouti and Vietnam are admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1973 | Singer/guitarist Jim Croce dies in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA.
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| 1973 | Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in three straight matches during a Battle of the Sexes televised tennis event in Houston. |
1968 | 
The Beatles finish the recording of Piggies, a song that will ultimately appear on the White Album , at Abbey Road Studios in London.
(photo credit: Capitol Records)
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| 1966 | Guyana is admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1960 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivore, Cyprus, Gabon, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, Togo, and Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) are admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1881 | US president Chester A. Arthur takes the oath of office, succeeding James A. Garfield, who died of a gunshot wound.
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| 1519 | Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain to search for a western passage to Indonesia.
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