1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard

1939 The first televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova

1941 31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)

1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications

1941 HMS CALCUTTA (AA)sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north west of Alexandria, Egypt by 2 bombs from German Ju88 bombers.255 survivors

1942 Treblinka opens.

1943 Actor Leslie Howard dies today when a civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans during WWII, killing all on board.

1947 The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands

1949 The first magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)

1951 S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes

1958 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France

1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)

1960 Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76

1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit

1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m

1963 King Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia

1965 A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3ø K primordial background radiation

1965 Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners

1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights

1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London

1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold

1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC

1968 Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87

1968 Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1

1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV

1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days

1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show

1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin

1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"

1974 Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash

1975 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0

1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist

1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"

1980 Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif

1980 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado & #3411

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