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1949 The Avro Canada C.102 Jetliner takes maiden flight; designed to meet a Trans-Canada Airlines requirement; inaugural jet transport to fly in North America and second to fly in the world. 
1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned inaugural object from space.
1960 Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies.
1961 England applies for membership in the European Common Market.
1962 Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
1963 Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60.
1965 Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies
1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again
1966 inaugural lunar orbiter launched by US
1966 In daylight, a meteor flashes across the sky from Utah to Canada; only known case of a meteor skipping through the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.
1966 In Ottawa Ontario, the Heron Road Bridge over the Rideau River and Canal collapses, killing 9 construction workers and injuring 80.
1966 Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79
1967 John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83.
1970 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52
1973 inaugural BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train travels in San Francisco
1973 Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies at 57.
1974 Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64.
1976 Bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies
1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer
1977 Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75.
1979 Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69.
1980 Allen, the most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx.
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business.
1981 The Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes.
1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million.
1985 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
1987 Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies.
1988 In the Solomon Islands 2 events about 10 seconds apart. One person killed and about 100 homes washed away in 13 villages.
1988 UN estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion.
1988 Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94.
1990 US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus.
1990 Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies.
1991 Josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies.
1993 In the South Island, New Zealand a 7.0 earthquake was centered about 130 kilometers west of Queenstown
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