1945 The Brazilian Expeditionary Force leads an allied attack on Monte Castelo in Italy, the only participation of South American troops in World War II.

1948 West Indies vs England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes & Jim Laker

1949 The first inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)

1950 George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, dies in London.

1950 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury

1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India

1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State

1954 The first gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City NY)

1954 The USS Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine, is launched from the shipyards at Groton, Connecticut.

1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City NY after 849 performances

1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker

1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km

1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning

1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances

1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria

1962 JFK arrives in Uruguay

1962 Snow falls in San Francisco

1964 Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency

1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1967 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming

1967 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti

1968 US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland

1971 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV

1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory

1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms

1972 Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union

1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory

1973 Canadian actor Leslie Nielson appears in the Ringbanger episode of the TV sitcom M*A*S*H

1974 Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London

1976 England and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service.

1976 The supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.

1977 Italy legalizes abortion

1977 President Carter pardoned American Vietnam War-era draft evaders and ordered a case-by-case study of deserters.

1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders

1977 U.S. Presient Jimmy Carter provides a presidential pardon to most Vietnam War draft dodgers.

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