1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason

1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda

1952 Jordan adopts constitution

1953 René Mayer forms French government

1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his first two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"

1954 First Alberta crude oil reaches Ontario through pipeline from Edmonton.

1954 President Dwight Eisenhower proposes that convicted Communists lose their U.S. citizenship.

1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken

1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)

1957 Jackie Robinson announces that he is retiring from baseball.

1958 Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14.

1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana

1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic

1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters

1961 British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland.

1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)

1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th

1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art

1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan

1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"

1965 NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo.

1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History

1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier

1966 Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC

1968 Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV

1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA

1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established

1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG

1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris

1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing

1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London

1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed?

1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York

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