1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war

1940 HMS GLOWWORM (Lt Cdr Gerard Roope+, awarded VC), sunk , NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser 'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British minelaying operations to search for man overboard at time of German invasion of Norway; 40 survivors. 'Hipper' damaged when rammed by 'Glowworm'

1941 Earle Graser, the eight-year voice of the radio program, "The Lone Ranger", died in an auto accident.

1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)

1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II

1946 400,000 US mine workers strike

1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii

1947 The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.

1950 Charles R Drew surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45

1950 Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR

1951 First of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test

1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe &Gamow

1954 Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC

1954 US Air Force Academy established

1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1852 Carpenter

1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee

1960 RCA (TV &Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched

1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma

1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye

1963 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike

1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" &"The Doctors" premier on TV

1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years

1968 The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".

1970 John &Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations

1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara &1976 Kaverin

1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership

1971 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere

1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

1972 Major league baseball players stages first collective strike

1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold

1974 Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record by collecting his 715th round-tripper.

1974 Pioneer Hall opens

1976 Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63

1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,

1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games

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