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** STS 40: Space Shuttle Columbia carries the Spacelab into orbit.
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** The Beatles hold the top 5 positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America, an unprecedented achievement.
** Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians ( 30 of which are children ).
** After Demirel becomes the president the acting prime minister of Turkey is Erdal İnönü of SHP for 40 days.
** The murder of a 3-year-old girl in Blackburn, England leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40, 000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer.
** The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes ( although Ford is not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one sparks an era of mass production ).
** Establishing the first land connection between the United Kingdom and the mainland of Europe, Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed.
** Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches the satellite Sputnik 5, with the dogs Belka and Strelka ( the Russian for " Squirrel " and " Little Arrow "), 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
** In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
** The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time rising 2. 40 points, or 0. 48 %, to 500. 24.
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** In the Republic of China legislative election, the Kuomintang suffers its worst election setback in 40 years in power, winning only 53 % of the popular vote.
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** Space: 1999 ( 1975 – 1977 ): A huge explosion sends the Moon hurtling out of Earth's orbit on September 13 ( a Friday in the series, but not in reality ).
** STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
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** Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
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