1943 Dutch Roman Catholic bishops protest against persecution of Jews

1943 German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia

1944 "The War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC (NYC only)

1945 Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties

1945 British Army captures Goch

1945 US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line

1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt

1947 First broadcast of first US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"

1947 Inventor Edwin Land demonstrates the Polaroid Land camera, which self-develops a black-and-white photo in 60 seconds.

1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion

1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting

1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated

1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)

1952 Dick Button performs first figure skating triple jump in competition

1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)

1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances

1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule

1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81

1957 Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises

1958 "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances

1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)

1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open

1961 Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich

1961 Gabon adopts constitution

1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km

1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands

1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US

1965 Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City.

1966 Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution

1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin

1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000

1969 First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)

1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators

1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"

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