1953 The first US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY

1954 -70ºF (-57ºC), Rogers Pass, Montana (state 48 record)

1954 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres

1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville

1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open

1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election

1958 Elvis Presley receives his draft notice.

1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidency with inauguration ceremonies on the newly renovated east front of the Capitol.

1961 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

1961 Yugoslav ex-Vice-President Milovan Djilas flees

1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US

1965 Alan Freed, Cleveland disk jockey who coined the phrase "rock and roll," dies in Palm Springs, California.

1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return

1965 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)

1965 The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"

1968 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming

1968 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood

1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President

1969 U of Arizona reports first optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)

1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan

1974 4th NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 15-13

1974 7th ABA All-Star Game East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia

1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 17-10

1976 29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia

1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA

1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA through March 9

1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"

1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

1980 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne

1980 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner

1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Retired), ends term as 12th director of CIA

1981 Iran releases the 52 American hostages it had held for over a year.

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