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1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander.   

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker".   

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket and soccer intl for England), dies.   

1953  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting.   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"   

1957  "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances   

1957  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56   

1958  1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere")   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the inaugural Liberty Bowl football game.   

1959  Walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas at age 117   

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0   

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die).   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight.   

1960  Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records.   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die)   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland.   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

1963  Zanzibar is recorded as becoming independent from UK.   

1965  French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%).   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82.   

1967  Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78.   

1968  WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting.   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84.   

1969  Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released.   

1971  "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances.   

1972  Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth   

1974  Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP   

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1036  Su tung-p'o: China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas osiander: Germany, protestant reformation theologist   

1554  Philip william: Prince of orange   

1676  Louis-nicholas clerambault: Paris france, composer/organist   

1683  Philip v: Versailles france, king of spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William bowyer: English printer   

1714  John winthrop: American astronomer   

1723  Susanne k von klettenberg: German friend of goethes mother   

0401  Anastasius i: Bishop of rome (399-401),   

1075  Edith of wessex: Wife of edward the confessor of england   

1327  Death of Agnes of france: Duchess of burgundy   

1370  Urban v: [guillaume de grimoard], 1st avignon pope (1362-70),   

1614  Melchior bischoff: Composer,   

1737  Death of James sobieski: Crown prince of poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Death of Vitus j bering: Dutch navigator/explorer,   

1749  Francesco antonio bonporti: Composer,