1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1165 Imprinetta
1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1193 Africa
1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1862 Apollo
1934 Laurens Hammond announced the development of the pipeless organ
1944 Capture of Madang, New Guinea
1944 First Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"
1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
1945 A new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.
1949 Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio.
1951 Canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.
1952 First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price
1952 Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"
1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1954 " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy.
1954 The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1955 " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.
1957 Asteroid #3648 discovered
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
1959 "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in
1960 In Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.
1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
1961 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters in a game this day, becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.
1961 The Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised
1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time CA to MA
1962 The first Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested
