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1943  Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight.   

1943  Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)   

1944  USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

1944  USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt.   

1945  Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands.   

1945  Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman   

1945  Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78.   

1946  Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90.   

1947  "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances.   

1947  19th Academy Awards "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win.   

1947  19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win   

1948  10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42   

1949  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.   

1949  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman.   

1950  General Motors reports net earnings of $656434232 (record)   

1951  2nd Dutch government of Drees forms.   

1951  In this year, Israel formally claims DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany.   

1951  2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms   

1951  Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies.   

1954  Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron.   

1955  Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal.   

1955  Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies   

1956  New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their inaugural Test Cricket win.   

1956  NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win.   

1957  Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba   

1957  Lena Ashwell, Engl actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84.   

1958  Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia   

1960  In this year, Fay Crocker claims LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.   

1961  Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) is recorded as becoming president of US Communist Party   

1961  Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title   

1961  JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress.   

1961  Landslide in USSR, results in the deaths of 145   

1961  Major-General Allard the inaugural Canadian to command a British army division   

1961  Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender   

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1372  Louis of valois: Duke of orléans, brother of charles vi of france   

1548  Sasbout vosmeer: Dutch catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes berchmans: Dutch jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent xii: [antonio pignatelli], pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John theophilus desaguliers: French-british philosopher   

1696  Louis f a d duke de richelieu: French marshal   

1700  James kent: Composer   

1712  Isfrid kayser: Composer   

1202  Death of Mieszko iii: The elder, grand duke of poland (1173-77, 1200-02),   

1271  Death of Henry of almain: English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  John barbour: Scottish poet   

1516  Vladislav ii jagiello: King of bohemia (1490-1516),   

1558  Jean fernel: French physician/physiologist,   

1569  Lodewijk condé: French prince/co-leader of hugenot,   

1573  Death of Michel de l'hôpital: French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'ossat: French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)