1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)

1950 USSR issues golden rubles

1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns

1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain

1953 US removes embargo on Canadian livestock placed after outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 1952

1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives

1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die

1954 Ron Howard Emmy Award-winning producer was born

1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War

1954 US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll

1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48

1955 Pakistan vs India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw

1958 Gary Sobers 365 vs Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara

1958 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260

1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare vs Pakistan

1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years

1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament

1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps

1961 The Peace Corps is established by US President John F. Kennedy.

1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95

1962 K-Mart opens

1962 Uganda became a self-governing country

1962 US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada

1963 200,000 French mine workers strike

1965 Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct

1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)

1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria

1966 Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)

1967 Dominica &St Lucia gain independence from Britain

1967 House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)

1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London

1968 Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married.

1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return great news!!

1968 Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting

1968 Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands

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