1944 The first B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down

1948 The XP-86 prototype for the Sabre Jet first "officially" breaks the sound barrier. The first operational F-86A Sabres entered service in May of the same year

1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run

1952 US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176

1952 USS Hobson sinks after colliding with USS Wasp; 176 lives lost

1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins

1956 Edward Arnold actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66

1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens

1961 Roger Maris' first of 61 homers that year

1962 US/UK launch Ariel; first international payload

1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Tanzanian Union Day)

1965 In Ottawa Ontario, the Federal budget includes 10% cut in personal income tax. (we don't see another for a long long long time)

1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State

1968 US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device

1970 Gypsy Rose Lee stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56

1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs

1971 SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy

1973 Irene Ryan actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69

1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam

1976 Allan Jackson newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60

1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3649

1976 Neil McCallum actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45

1977 NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens

1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201

1980 Iran begins scattering US hostages from the US Embassy

1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'

1981 Jim Davis actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65

1981 Madge Evans TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71

1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island

1982 Dame Cella Johnson British actress, dies of a stroke at 73

1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche

1983 Bronislaw Kaper composer, dies at 81

1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1200 for first time

1983 Vaughn Taylor actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72

1984 Count Basie jazz piano great, dies at 78

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