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1941  President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee   

1941  The inaugural US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala)   

1941  1st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee Ala)   

1942  Himmler sends a secret directive to SS Lieutenant General F.W. Kinger ordering the "resettlement" of the entire Jewish population of the General Government, to be completed by December 31.   

1942  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US.   

1943  Allied air forces raid Rome during WW II.   

1943  500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II   

1944  1200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany.   

1944  Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated.   

1945  Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy.   

1945  George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80.   

1947  Prime minister of shadow Burma government ,Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated by British , which resulted in the political chaos in the country lasting until now.   

1948  French govt of Schuman, steps down.   

1949  Laos is recorded as becoming associated state within French Union.   

1949  Laos independence   

1950  French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh   

1951  Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77   

1952  15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki.   

1954  Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81   

1955  Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64   

1957  Don Bowden is recorded as becoming inaugural American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7).   

1957  The inaugural rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada   

1957  Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Ital author (Kaputt), dies at 59.   

1958  Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32   

1961  The inaugural in-flight movie shown (TWA).   

1963  NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km   

1964  Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69.   

1965  Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before"   

1965  Syngman Rhee, president of South-Korea (1948-60), dies at 90.   

1966  Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot).   

1967  Race riots in Durham NC   

1967  US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km).   

1969  Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit   

1969  Mary Jo Kopechne dies at 28, in Ted Kennedy's car   

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1592  Erhard buttner: Composer   

1670  Richard leveridge: English bass and composer   

1688  Giuseppe castiglione: Italian missionary to china   

1735  Garret wesley mornington: Composer   

1742  Jean-baptiste davaux: Composer   

1744  Heinrich christian boie: German author   

1750  Alessio prati: Composer   

1759  Seraphim of sarov: Russian orthodox saint   

0514  Symmachus: Italian pope (498-514),   

1054  Bernold[us] benno/bernulphus: Bishop of utrecht (1027-54)/saint,   

1234  Floris iv: Count of holland, killed in tournament   

1346  Dirk iv: Mister of valkenburg (1332-46),   

1374  Death of Francesco petrarca: [petracco], italian mountaineer/poet,   

1415  Philippa of lancaster: Wife of john i of portugal (plague) (b. 1359)   

1534  Death of Willem van enkenvoirt: Cardinal/bishop of utrecht,   

1543  Death of Lady mary boleyn: Mistress of king henry viii of england