1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated

1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague

1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage

1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)

1948 Belgian Government of Spaak resigns

1948 The first air squadron of jets aboard a carrier

1949 Council of Europe established

1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand

1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)

1954 Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay

1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances

1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce

1955 The musical, " Damn Yankees", opened in New York City for a successful run of 1,019 performances.

1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site

1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers

1956 The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3 58.6 in Los Angeles, CA.

1956 World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo

1957 Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria

1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)

1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak

1961 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)

1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1964 Separatists riot in Québec

1965 The first large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam

1966 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2

1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun

1966 Willie Mays hit home run number 512 of his career

1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)

1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site

1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)

1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115

1973 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium.

1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)

1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II

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