1934 In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States

1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)

1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire

1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands

1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)

1942 Food first rationed in US

1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages

1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)

1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today

1944 RCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.

1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender

1945 Germans surrender in Denmark and Norway.

1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death

1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)

1951 The Department of National Defence forms 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group for service in Europe with NATO forces.

1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man &The Sea)

1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam

1956 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak

1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" first prime-time network rock show

1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam

1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen President of Colombia

1958 Canadian comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster make their first of a record 67 appearances on TV's Ed Sullivan Show.

1959 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)

1959 The first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win

1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South

1961 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon

1961 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested

1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1964 "Another World" &"As the World Turns" premiere on TV

1964 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva

1964 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism)

1966 Soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR

1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7

1968 Dancer's Image disqualified due to drugs after winning 94th Kentucky Derby

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