1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey

1950 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize

1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill

1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed

1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th

1956 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1957 South Africa Government approves race separation in universities

1959 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF

1960 Chile a 9.5 quake was one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World.

1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severely damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo HI at 01 04 AM

1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1

1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42

1961 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens

1962 14th Emmy Awards Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth

1962 Netherlands telephone net becomes completely automated

1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600 meters

1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game

1963 A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London

1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured

1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"

1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66

1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single goes #1

1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champion

1965 Ticket to Ride by the Beatles goes to Number One on the pop charts

1966 18th Emmy Awards Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore

1966 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open

1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)

1967 Egyptian president Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel

1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)

1967 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuts on public TV

1969 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface

1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus

1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1971 Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.

1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified

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