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• In 1958, the former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence.
• In 1970, one of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colo., killing 31 of the 40 people on board.
• In 1971, the music program "Soul Train" made its debut in national syndication.
• In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 59 af

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