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1950  12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college is recorded as becoming 1st to win NCAA and Natl Inv Basketball in same year.   

1950  Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67.   

1952  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1952  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.   

1953  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright   

1953  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.   

1953  "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 perfs.   

1953  James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64   

1954  8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win.   

1954  Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69   

1955  Country singer Reba McEntire born this day.   

1955  New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs England at Eden Park   

1955  NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park   

1956  Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

1957  1st National Curling Championship held.   

1958  Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53   

1959  11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama   

1959  11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt and installs Panchen Lama   

1959  James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies   

1960  Pope John raises the inaugural Japanese, inaugural African and inaugural Filipino cardinal.   

1960  Scotch factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow Scotland)   

1960  Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal   

1960  Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61.   

1962  Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives West Indies cricket victory over India   

1962  Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees.   

1962  Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India.   

1963  AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets   

1963  Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52.   

1964  In the Prince William Sound, Alaska a quake measuring 9.2 occurs one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World,   

1964  Near Merriman, Nebraska a 5.1 quake is one of the largest historical earthquakes in Nebraska.   

1964  1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline).   

1965  Near the West Coast of Central Chile a 7.3 quake occurs about 400 persons were killed or missing, 350 were injured, and extensive property damage was reported   

1965  In this year, Jo Ann Prentice claims LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational   

1965  VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67.   

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1468  Charles i: Duke of savoy   

1472  Fra bartolomeo: Monk, florentine renaissance painter   

1472  Fra bartolommeo: Italian artist   

1483  Raphael: Urbino italy, painter (school of athens)   

1515  Theresa of avila/teresa de jesus: Spanish mystic writer/saint   

1522  Albert the warlike: Prince of bayreuth   

1569  Ranuccio i farnese: Duke of parma   

1592  Jan amos komensky: [comenius] moravian educational reb03281603 stephan otto, composer   

0193  Publius helvius pertinax: Roman emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  Death of Guntram: French king in burgundy,   

1072  Death of Ordulf: Duke of saxony   

1134  Death of Stefanus harding: 3rd abbott of côteaux/saint,   

1239  Death of Emperor go-toba of japan: Emperor go-toba of japan (b. 1180)   

1285  Martinus iv: [simon de brion], pope (1281-85),   

1563  Death of Heinrich glarean: Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  Siegmund freiherr von herberstein: Austrian diplomat,