1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher", premieres in NYC

1941 German troops conquer Banghazi

1942 RCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour

1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia

1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists

1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day)

1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany

1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld

1947 Largest group of sunspots on record

1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established

1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie

1949 Establishment of NATO

1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement

1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)

1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1950 Christine Lahti born.

1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES

1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires Argentina

1952 Karen Magnussen figure skater, born at North Vancouver, BC

1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo TX (CBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton GA Golf Open

1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq

1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London

1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris France

1957 Herbert Norman 1909-1957 Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, jumps from the roof of his apartment building to his death after suspicions he was a possible Communist sympathizer

1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)

1958 EugŠne Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt

1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win

1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center

1960 Senegal declares independence from France

1963 Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at 70

1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances

1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks

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