1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston

1928 Vladimir Horowitz debuts as soloist with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.

1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana

1932 France's Laval government falls

1932 Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman U.S. Senator.

1932 Oliver Wendell Holmes steps down from the Supreme Court at age 90.

1932 Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in New York City NY

1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies

1933 US Congress recognize independence Philippines

1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented

1942 British troops reconquer Sollum

1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender

1942 National War Labor Board created

1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat &soy meal)

1944 Churchill &de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh

1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam

1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge

1945 Russians open winter offensive with remarkable progress.

1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea

1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

1948 The first American style supermarket in UK opens

1949 "Arthur Godfrey &His Friends" premieres on CBS TV

1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter

1949 The children's show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, a Chicago favorite on local TV, makes its NBC nationwide TV debut.

1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die

1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage &sabotage

1952 University of Tennessee admits its first black student

1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow

1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hours later 2nd one-kills 115

1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament

1960 Sobers &Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wicket vs England

1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY for 100 performances

1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect

1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1

1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs England

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