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1944  Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz.   

1945  Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria   

1948  Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY.   

1948  "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances.   

1948  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70.   

1949  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, results in the deaths of the SS and 3rd baseman   

1949  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, results in the deaths of SS and 3rd baseman.   

1951  Japan Airlines is established   

1951  J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies   

1952  N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies   

1953  Dept of Health, Education and Welfare created   

1953  Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63.   

1954  K2 summit reached for the inaugural time by an Italian team.   

1954  Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double).   

1955  In this year, Beverly Hanson claims LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open.   

1956  Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match.   

1958  Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet.   

1959  1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens   

1960  Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state.   

1960  Malayan Emergency ends.   

1960  Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77.   

1962  Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam.   

1962  Federation of Malaysia formed.   

1964  Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor.   

1964  All-nuclear task force with USS Long Beach, USS Enterprise, and USS Bainbridge leaves Norfolk, VA to begin voyage, Operation Sea Orbit, to circle the globe without refueling. They returned on 3 October   

1964  US Ranger 7 takes 4316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

1964  Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39   

1965  James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75.   

1966  Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark   

1966  Charles Whitman wounds 46 and results in the deaths of 5 at University of Texas   

1966  Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87.   

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81.   

1968  Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free.   

1968  Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66   

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1143  Emperor nijo of japan: Emperor nijo of japan (d. 1165)   

1396  Philips: The good, duke of burgundy//brabant/limburg/count   

1443  Albrecht iii of saxon-meisen: Duke of saxon   

1527  Maximilian ii: German king/emperor (1564-76)   

1550  Jakob handl: [petelin], austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  Catharina belgica of nassau: Daughter of willem of orange   

1597  Sebastian stosskopf: Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro algardi: Italian sculptor and architect   

0855  Imam ahmad ibn hanbal: Muslim jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  Death of Etienne marcel: French textile merchant/reformer/boer leader,   

1396  William courtenay: Archbishop of canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Death of Na'od: Emperor of ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  Ignatius loyola: Spanish founder (jesuit),   

1566  Bartholome de casas: Spanish historian/bishop of chiapa,   

1648  Benedictus j van haeften: Poet (regia thru crucis),   

1653  Thomas dudley: Governor of massachusetts bay colony (b. 1576)