Today in History

All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes after Scotland Yard disrupts a a major terrorist plot involving liquid explosives. After a few weeks, the toiletries ban was modified.

For the first time ever, temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit when thermometers hit 101.3 F (38.5 Celsius)  at Kent.

The last British troops leave Hong Kong. After 156 years of British rule, the island is returned to China.

US and Panama sign Panama Canal Zone accord, guaranteeing Panama would have control of the canal after 1999.

David Frost purchases the exclusive rights to interview Richard Nixon.

Rocker Jim Morrison tried in Miami on “lewd & lascivious behavior.” Although convicted and sentenced to jail, he was free on bond while his case was being appealed when he dies in Paris, July 3, 1971.

NASA launches Discoverer 13 satellite; it would become the first object ever recovered from orbit.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held at Massena, New York.

Daniel Hugh Kelly, film and TV actor (The Good Son).

President Harry S. Truman calls the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War.

National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense.

Patti Austin, Grammy Award-winning singer and actress (“Real Me”).

Harriet Miers, White House counsel.

Great Britain and the Soviet Union promise aid to Turkey if it is attacked by the Axis Powers.