1944 The first detection of a submerged enemy submarine by the use of MAD gear was made by Catalinas of VP-63, on a MAD barrier patrol of the approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar. They attacked the U-761

1945 Egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany

1945 U.S. troops liberate Manila from the Japanese during WWII.

1946 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina

1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia

1949 Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement

1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km

1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election

1951 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of Germany

1951 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of Great Britain

1951 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA

1955 "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances

1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed

1960 Italian government of Segni falls

1960 US beats Germany in Olympics hockey finals round, 9-1

1961 Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit

1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea

1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship

1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas

1965 East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt

1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1968 A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)

1968 Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games

1968 US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam

1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by

1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)

1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies

1971 Captain JJ Smith, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, wins a Bar to his Military Cross The AATTV was the most decorated unit in Australian military history

1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh

1976 Cuba adopts its constitution

1976 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY

1976 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU

1977 President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights

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