1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified

1952 Communist offensive in Korea

1952 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)

1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die

1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan

1959 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain

1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced

1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees

1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria

1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers

1965 Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.

1965 Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination

1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)

1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia

1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1

1967 Beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1

1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil

1968 Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve

1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees

1970 Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike

1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru

1972 People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US

1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army

1977 Clash releases their first recording "White Riot"

1977 In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated.

1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia

1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US

1978 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA

1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death

1979 Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran

1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50

1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident

1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC

1986 Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money

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