1946 Canadian Library Association established

1949 State of Vietnam formed

1951 The first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau

1952 Keel laid for first nuclear powered sub the Nautilus

1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn

1954 Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge

1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an order adding the words quot;under Godquot; to the Pledge of Allegiance.

1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days

1965 Beatles release the album "Beatles VI"

1965 John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published

1966 6 RAR arrives in South Vietnam

1967 Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by

1967 USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit

1969 John & Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show

1975 Janis Ian releases "At 17"

1975 USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing

1976 "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)

1979 Rock group "Little Feat" disbands

1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2937 Gibbs, #2938 Hopi & #3160 Angerhofer

1982 Argentine forces surrender at Port Stanley. Argentina has lost more than 1,000 men including those who went down with the cruiser General Belgrano, Britain 243. Argentina has lost 74 planes and 7 helicopters, says Britain; Britain has lost 48 planes, says Argentina.

1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx

1985 Lebanese Shiite Moslem gunmen hijack TWA 847 after Athens' takeoff

1987 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor

1989 Ground breaking begins in Minn on the world's largest mall

1989 Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame

1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands

1993 U.S. President Clinton selects Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a women's rights advocate, to serve on the Supreme Court.

1940 German troops enter Paris

1962 Thirty people arrested in plot to kill the French leader De Gaulle

1964 Nelson Mandella sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa

1965 Military takeover in South Vietnam

1981 The French Socialist Party wins landslide presidential vote

1736 The birth of Charles Coulomb, French electrical physicist

1928 The birth of Ernesto (Che) Guevera, Revolutionary hero2007 The Green Party enters government for the first time in Ireland, with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.

2007 The San Antonio Spurs sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the 2007 NBA Finals.

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