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1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres 
1954 Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting.
1956 Wilt Chamberlain's inaugural collegiate basketball game (scores 52).
1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt.
1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A and M (HB).
1957 Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends.
1960 "Camelot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
1960 "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances.
1960 Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
1961 Anton Geesink is recorded as becoming 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75.
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge.
1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley.
1964 Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies.
1965 USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon.
1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's inaugural successful heart transplant at Cape Town, South Africa. The recipient of the new heart, Louis Washkansky, survived 18 days.
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed New York-Chicago luxury train.
1967 Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92.
1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1969 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55.
1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet)
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67.
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1975 Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies.
1976 Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
1978 William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
1979 Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18400.
1979 Eleven people are killed when fans stampede during a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum
1984 Thousands die and over 200000 are injured from a gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India (the world's worst industrial accident). occurred when gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India
1984 Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
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