1955 Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver

1957 Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools

1958 The first welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia

1960 Internationl Development Assn (UN agency) comes into existence

1960 The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise)

1960 The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Enterprise, is launched.

1962 US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss

1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain & USSR limit nuclear testing

1964 "The Munsters" premiers

1964 Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd

1964 The Munsters, starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Al Lewis, makes its TV premiere.

1968 "60 Minutes" premiers

1968 Swaziland joins the United Nations.

1969 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem Natl Conv) begins

1970 The first Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16

1972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22

1973 Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence

1975 Ian Hunter actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75

1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter

1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards

1979 CompuServe system started

1981 Patsy Kelly actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71

1982 Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67

1982 Tennis great Bj”rn B”rg retires at 26

1982 US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon

1984 Neil Hamilton actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85

1984 Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights"

1985 Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees

1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)

1988 Barbara C Harris of Mass, elected first woman Episcopal bishop

1988 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec

1990 South African president F.W. de Klerk meets Pres Bush in Wash DC

1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market

1991 "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premiers on ABC TV

1991 Doogie Howser loses his virginity (only on TV would this be an event)

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