1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed

1950 Dutch first Chamber accept Laws on immigration

1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic

1952 The first scheduled jet airliner passenger service begins with a BOAC Comet which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers

1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq

1953 Hussein I installed as king of Jordan

1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable

1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)

1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus

1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation

1960 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance

1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions

1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent)

1962 Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I

1962 Canadian dollar officially pegged at US 92.5¢. Will we ever see that lofty height again?

1962 OAS strikes in Algeria

1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1964 Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 &stays #1 for for 5 weeks

1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champion

1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service

1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)

1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London

1968 Israeli television begins transmitting

1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York

1970 Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean.

1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)

1972 Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA

1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred

1975 Apple records closes down

1975 US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.

1975 USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations

1977 "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances

1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win

1980 Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder

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