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2017

Civilian researchers re-discover the USS Indianapolis 18,000 feet below the Pacific surface, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

1992

Larry Bird, after 13 years with the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.

1969

Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act.

1966

The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S.

1964

South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies.

1868

French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

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