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1922  Alexander Raichev, composer   

1924  1st men's college swimming championships begin   

1925  Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco.   

1925  Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby.   

1926  Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent.   

1927  Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president   

1929  KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions.   

1933  Hermann Goering is recorded as becoming premier of Prussia.   

1936  Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC   

1936  Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44   

1939  Hungary leaves League of Nations.   

1939  SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50   

1941  Belgrade, in Yugoslavia, occupied by German forces during World War 2.   

1941  Germany blitzes Conventry, England.   

1942  Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.   

1943  Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his inaugural (single-rotor) craft.   

1943  Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft   

1944  RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague   

1945  At the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna   

1945  U.S. troops liberate approximately 20000 prisoners from Buchenwald.   

1945  Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum.   

1945  Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29   

1947  Jackie Robinson is recorded as becoming inaugural black in modern major-league baseball   

1947  Jackie Robinson is recorded as becoming 1st black in modern major-league baseball.   

1948  12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon claims, shooting a 279.   

1950  Prince Rainier III is recorded as becoming ruler of Monaco   

1951  General MacArthur relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea.   

1951  Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur.   

1952  The Battle of Nanri island takes place.   

1952  Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76   

1953  Oveta Culp Hobby is recorded as becoming 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare.   

1954  In this year, Marlene Bauer claims LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.   

1955  In this year, Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted   

1956  Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites.   

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0146  Septimius severus: Septimius severus (d. 211)   

1370  Frederick i the warlike: Elector of saxony   

1374  Roger mortimer: 4th earl of march   

1492  Marguerite of navarre: Wife of henry ii of navarre   

1586  Pietro della valle: Composer   

1602  Johann neukrantz: Composer   

1638  Diogo diaz melgaz: Composer   

1661  Antoine coypel: French painter/poet   

0678  Death of Donus: Italian pope (676-78),   

1034  Romanus iii argyrus: Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife   

1240  Llywelyn ab iorwerth the great: Monarch of wales (1194-1240),   

1500  Death of Michael t marullus: Greeks poet, drowns   

1512  Gaston de foix: French pretender to navarra throne,   

1554  Thomas wyatt the younger: English rebel (b. 1521)   

1612  Death of Edward wightman: English baptist preacher (b. 1566)   

1626  Marin getaldić: Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)