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1946 Rajah cedes Sarawak to the British crown. 
1946 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion).
1947 British Dominion Affairs office is recorded as becoming Commonwealth Relations office.
1947 Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80.
1948 Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air
1948 NYC subway fare goes to 10., bus fare to 7. and combo fare at 12.
1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France.
1949 Canadian Pacific accepts its last new steam locomotive (in March) class T-l-c 2-10-4 no. 5935 from Montreal Locomotive Works, and acquires its inaugural road diesel-electric locomotives nos. 8400-8404 (in September) for conversion of motive power on the Montreal-Newport-Wells River line
1949 Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65.
1950 NYC bus fare rises to 10. equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15.
1950 Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1952 Actor Dan Akroyd (Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live) was born.
1953 Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1955 The escort carrier uss Thetis Bay, in process of conversion to the new mission, was reclassified as an assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier and redesignated CVHA 1
1956 Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on The Steve Allen Show
1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1959 World Refugee Year begins.
1960 Ghana is recorded as becoming a republic.
1960 Italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic
1961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii.
1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries
1963 Beatles record "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You"
1963 US postal service institutes the (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code.
1963 Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies.
1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1965 Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55.
1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART.
1966 Medicare comes into force
1967 Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks.
1968 John Lennon's inaugural full art exhibition (You are Here).
1968 US, Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1968 Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies.
1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
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