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1950 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies 
1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France
1954 George Hirst, cricketer (36323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
1956 French Government sends 50000 reservists to Algeria.
1960 In this year, John F Kennedy claims primary in West Virginia.
1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes inaugural circumnavigation of globe under water.
1960 Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61.
1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
1963 Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70.
1966 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges.
1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia.
1968 Viet Nam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a preliminary level.
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US and North Vietnam.
1968 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
1969 Apollo 10 transmit inaugural color pictures of Earth from space.
1969 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill.
1970 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1971 Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
1973 Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
1974 In China a 6.8 quake was one of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
1976 George Curzon, dies at 77
1977 Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69.
1978 In this year, Liverpool claims 23rd Europe Cup I.
1979 Federated States of Micronesia is recorded as becoming self-governing.
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies
1980 Ottawa gives financially strapped Chrysler Canada $20 million in loan guarantees, and Ontario provides a $10 million grant, Bring on the K Car!!!
1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies.
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