1924 Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR

1928 First solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)

1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators

1933 Social-Democrat meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead

1936 A flag is authorized for the Vice President

1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer

1940 British railroads nationalized

1940 Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York NY)

1941 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me"

1943 Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)

1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records

1944 The Nazis launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.

1945 General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila

1945 President Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court

1945 US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer

1947 Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine

1948 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances

1948 U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley.

1950 Georges Bidault forms French government

1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1950 US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime

1956 Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled

1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced

1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution

1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)

1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea

1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298

1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba

1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream

1964 Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali

1964 The Beatles arrive at New York's JFK International Airport, on their first American tour.

1965 George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed

1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam

1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY

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