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1939  Erich Warsitz makes inaugural jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)   

1939  Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178).   

1940  Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)   

1941  Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi   

1942  HMCS Oakville (Corvette) sinks a U-Boat in the Caribbean   

1942  Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy   

1943  Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies   

1944  USS Stingray (SS-186) lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines to support guerilla operations against the Japanese   

1944  200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg.   

1945  Pacific Fleet ships enter Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan   

1945  US troops begin their occupation of Japan, following Japan's surrender to Allied forces during WWII   

1945  US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender   

1948  102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August   

1948  Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74   

1949  Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67   

1950  General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist.   

1950  1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC   

1950  Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41.   

1952  In this year, Emil Zatopek claims 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2).   

1953  Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53.   

1955  "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published.   

1955  Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies.   

1956  Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game.   

1957  In this year, Hickory Smoke claims Hambletonian Stakes   

1958  Clark Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn   

1958  Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57   

1959  Off Cape Canaveral, FL, USS Observation Island (EAG-154) makes inaugural shipboard launching of a Polaris missile   

1960  Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5).   

1961  Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line"   

1961  Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line".   

1962  Mariner 2 launched; inaugural probe to fly by Venus.   

1962  Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus   

1962  Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79.   

1963  W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana   

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1407  Ashikaga yoshikazu: Japanese shogun   

1471  George von saksen-meissen: German potester of frisia   

1471  George: Duke of saxony   

1487  Anna of brandenburg: Queen of denmark   

1545  Alessandro farnese: Duke of parma/general/diplomat   

1562  Hans leo hassler: Composer   

1583  Simon besler: Composer   

1630  Maria van oosterwijck: Dutch flower painter   

0542  Saint caesarius of arles: Saint caesarius of arles   

0827  Death of Pope eugene ii: Pope eugene ii   

1208  Death of Irene angelina: Daughter of isaac ii angeles,   

1312  Death of Arthur ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1262)   

1394  Death of Chokei: Emperor of japan (b. 1343)   

1450  Reginald west: 6th baron de la warr, english politician (b. 1395)   

1521  Josquin des prez: Composer,   

1522  Death of Giovanni a amadei/amadeo: Italian sculptor/architect,