1946 The first issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime

1948 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland

1948 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader, is assassinated by a Hindu extremist.

1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio

1954 Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR

1954 In Liverpool, Nova Scotia a freak winter tornado touches down near Liverpool.

1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns

1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"

1956 Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed

1957 US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"

1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in

1958 The first 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX

1959 Australia 1-200 first day 4th Test vs England, Adelaide Oval

1960 CIA allows Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart) lookout Mr. Powers

1960 Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands

1960 Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain West Indies vs England

1960 US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss

1960 US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins

1961 Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC

1961 JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress &Peace Corps

1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit

1962 Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.

1962 UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)

1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1964 NASA launches the unmanned probe Ranger Six, designed to crash-land on the lunar surface.

1964 In Montreal Quebec terrorists raid armoury in Montreal for weapons and ammunition; group calling itself Comité révolutionnaire du Québe

1964 Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam

1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail

1965 "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3

1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill

1966 -19ºF (-28ºC), Corinth MS (state record)

1966 -27ºF (-33ºC), New Market AL (state record)

1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"

1968 Communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the first day of the Tet Offensive.

1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive

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