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1950  KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1951  Jane Seymour, English actress is born   

1952  King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.   

1954  Matt Groening, American cartoonist is born.   

1954  1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California   

1955  Pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced   

1955  1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced   

1955  S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71   

1956  Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland.   

1957  Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister   

1958  Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones Great Britain   

1958  Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN.   

1958  Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA   

1958  Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA.   

1958  Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra   

1958  Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB.   

1959  Antonio Segni forms Italian government   

1959  Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69.   

1961  Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever   

1961  Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash   

1961  Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59.   

1962  Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at 72.   

1963  inaugural US female world figure skating champion (Tenley Albright)   

1964  Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks.   

1964  Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22.   

1965  Canada flies its new red and white Maple Leaf flag, retiring the Red Ensign   

1965  John Lennon passes his driving test.   

1965  Singer Nat King Cole dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 45.   

1965  Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49   

1966  Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies   

1967  In this year, D66 (D'66) claims 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber.   

1967  inaugural anti-bootleg recording laws enacted   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79   

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37.   

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1368  Sigismund: Nornberg germany, holy roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  Ivan the young: Ruler of tver   

1471  Piero di lorenzo de' medici: Ruler of florence   

1483  Babur: Founder of mughal dynasty in india (1526-30   

1497  Philipp melanchthon: German protestant   

1519  Pedro menendez de aviles: Explorer (found st augustine florida)   

1524  Charles de guise: Archbishop/cardinal of reims   

1557  Alfonso fontanelli: Composer   

1043  Gisela: Wife of rc-german emperor conrad ii the salier,   

1145  Death of Lucius ii: [gherardo caccianemici], italian pope (1144-45),   

1152  Death of Konrad iii: Roman-german king (1138-1152),   

1503  Death of Henry deane: Archbishop of canterbury (1501-03),   

1568  Death of Hendrik van brederode: Dutch noble (compromise of nobles),   

1580  Cunerus petri: Dutch theologist/bishop of leeuwarden,   

1597  Pieter j kies: Dutch mayor of haarlem (1572-73),   

1600  Death of Jose the acosta: Spanish missionary (peru),