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

1963 Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics retired from the NBA.

1967 Frank Overton actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48

1967 Vladimir Komarov cosmonaut is first to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1

1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC

1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumours he is dead

1970 China PR launches its first satellite transmitting song "East is Red"

1970 Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth

1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth

1974 Bud Abbott dies at 78

1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers

1977 C Kowal discovers asteroid #2063 Bacchus

1980 US miltary operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die

1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey

1981 IBM-PC introduced

1982 C Torres discovers asteroid #3361 Orpheus

1985 In Luzon, Philippine Islands a 6.1 earthquake resulted in Six people killed, 11 injured and damage and landslides in Benguet Province

1985 Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces.

1986 Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies

1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China

1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"

1990 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies

1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit

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