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1951  Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77   

1952  2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium   

1952  Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89.   

1953  East Berlin workers rise up to protest low wages and bad conditions. Soviet tanks mow down the strikers with machine gun fire, ending illusions that communism is a workers' paradise   

1953  Soviet tanks deployed against rioting East Germans.   

1953  Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day their 14th anniversary   

1953  Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)   

1953  Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76.   

1954  Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends.   

1954  CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles and United Fruit Co)   

1956  In this year, Golda Meir starts her term as Israel's foreign minister.   

1957  Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)   

1957  "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2.   

1957  D Richardson, writer, dies at 84.   

1959  Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68.   

1960  Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70   

1961  Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40.   

1962  Brazil Beats Czechosolakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago.   

1963  Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools   

1963  Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79.   

1965  28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)   

1965  Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies   

1967  Barbra Striesand A Happening in Central Park performed.   

1967  China is recorded as becoming world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power   

1967  China explodes its inaugural H-bomb   

1970  Polaroid camera patented.   

1970  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies.   

1971  C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas   

1971  C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies   

1972  5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate Oh what a tangled web we weave   

1972  In this year, Looking Glass releases "Brandy".   

1973  Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66.   

1974  Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50.   

1975  Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US   

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1239  Edward i: King of england (1272-1307)/chased jews out of england   

1603  Joseph of cupertino: Italian saint   

1604  Johan maurits: Count of nassau-siegen (maurits house)   

1682  Charles xii: King of sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni paolo pannini: Italian painter and architect   

1693  Johann georg walch: German theologian   

1703  John b wesley: England, religion co-founder (methodists)   

1704  John kay: English inventor   

0656  Death of Osman ibn affan: 3rd kalief of islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Death of Adeodatus ii: Italian pope (672-76),   

0855  Leo iv: Italian pope (847-55),   

1091  Death of Dirk v: Count of holland (1061-91),   

1119  Boudouin vii with the axe: Earl of flanders (1111-19),   

1463  Princess catherine of portugal: Writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Death of Jan i olbracht: King of poland,   

1565  Death of Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun (b. 1536)