1951 Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall

1952 Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies

1954 Plans to build Disneyland first announced

1955 Halifax Nova Scotia the opening of Angus L. Macdonald Bridge linking Halifax and Dartmouth and I was there

1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV

1957 In Toronto 22-year-old Elvis Presley plays two concerts before 23,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens; his second concert, before 15,000 fans

1958 Last load of bitumen on Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane is laid 18km south of Taree, NSW.

1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA

1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)

1960 USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods.

1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)

1963 USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km

1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned

1966 Death of Cecil Scott Forester, author of the Captain Hornblower novels, and The African Queen.

1966 Leading Liberal Andrew Peacock enters Australian federal parliament, winning Sir Robert Menzies' old seat of Kooyong in a by-election;

1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes first spacecraft to orbit Moon

1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd

1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States

1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, the highest final stage in a wall climb in the world

1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state

1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain

1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run

1972 44th Academy Awards presented

1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo

1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War

1974 Douglass Dumbrille actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84

1974 Georges Pompidou French president, dies in Paris

1975 The CN Tower is completed, reaching 555.35 metres in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure

1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin ਡ Buryatia

1976 Ray Teal actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74

1977 Charlotte Brew becomes the first woman to ride in Britain's Grand National steeplechase when she rides her own horse, Barony Fort.

1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks

1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose

1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom LA Rams president, dies at 72

1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt

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