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1953 Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88. 
1955 Henry W Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77
1958 In the Lituya Bay, Alaska an 8.3 event caused amassive rockslide at the head of Lituya Bay caused water to surge about 530 meters, generating a "gravity wave" that swept out of the bay. A fishing boat anchored in Anchorage Cove was carried in front of the largest wave crest, and those onboard estimated they cleared La Chaussee Spit (at the mouth of Lituya Bay) by 30 meters or more. Two people on another fishing boat disappeared after being caught in the huge wave
1962 Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia.
1962 Telstar, inaugural geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1962 Telstar, the inaugural private communications satellite, launches.
1963 John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54
1965 Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks.
1965 Rolling Stones score their inaugural #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".
1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1966 Orbiter 1 launched to Moon
1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created.
1969 NL votes to split into 2 divisions
1971 Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98
1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern).
1972 Herd of stampeding elephants results in the deaths of 24, Chandka Forest India.
1973 Bahamas gain independence after 300 yrs of British rule (Nat'l Day)
1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
1977 Norman Paris orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41.
1978 E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484
1978 Military coup in Mauritania
1978 Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85
1979 Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra died
1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84.
1980 In this year, Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen
1981 CERN achieves inaugural proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV).
1982 In Vancouver, BC, three $2 ticket bettors win $579129 apiece at the races in Exhibition Park. (they call it the sport of kings?)
1982 Miguel Vasquez makes inaugural public quadruple somersault on trapeze.
1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751.
1983 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82.
1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke
1985 Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor
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