1945 Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg

1945 U.S. first and 3rd army units close the bulge, but do not succeed in entrapping enemy forces.

1945 US first & 3rd army meet at Houffalise

1947 Vincent Aurial elected President of France

1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon

1950 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel

1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi

1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville TX, to 134th St, New York City NY)

1952 New Dutch bible translation finished

1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary

1953 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties

1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City NY after 1928 performances

1956 Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine

1957 3 B-52s leave California for first non-stop round the world flights

1957 Cavern Club (home of Beatles' first appearance) opens on Mathew Street in England

1957 The Cavern Club, a hangout for music-lovers, opens its doors in Liverpool, England. This club would be the springboard that launches The Beatles to stardom a few years later.

1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain

1962 Death of JF Hurley, first official AIF photographer, appointed during the Battle of Third Ypres in 1917

1962 Shooting begins on "Dr No"

1962 Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"

1963 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb

1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances

1964 The musical Hello, Dolly! opens on Broadway.

1965 "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV

1965 Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3

1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center

1967 Alan S. Boyd is sworn in as the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

1967 Lucius Amerson, becomes first southern (Alabama) black sheriff in 20th century

1967 The first black government installed in Bahamas

1969 Jan Palach immolates himself to protest Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

1969 Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform first transfer of crew in space

1970 Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya

1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause

1973 NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza"

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