1945 US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa

1946 The XHJD-1, the first twin engined helicopter, made a hovering flight. Designed for the Navy by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia

1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives

1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch)

1947 Singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day.

1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied

1954 26th Academy Awards "From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win

1954 RCA manufactures first color TV set (12½" screen at $1,000)

1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR

1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule

1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market)

1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is first boxing champion to win 5 times

1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons

1959 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary

1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York NY)

1960 Italian government Tambroni forms

1960 The first guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)

1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona

1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km)

1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered

1962 French OAS-leader ex-General Jouhaud arrested

1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy

1965 Actor Sarah Jessica Parker born this day.

1965 Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery AL

1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution

1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled

1966 US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional

1967 The Turtles' "Happy Together" goes #1

1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru

1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as President

1970 Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)

1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers

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