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1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya   

1959  Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62.   

1960  USSR launch inaugural (unmanned) space capsule   

1961  Bus with inaugural group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama.   

1962  Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain.   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.   

1963  Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations.   

1964  Underground America Day is inaugural observed.   

1965  2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83   

1966  Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88   

1968  Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp.   

1968  Czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek   

1968  Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin   

1968  Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86.   

1969  Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada.   

1969  Last Chevrolet Corsair built.   

1969  Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75.   

1970  Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi).   

1970  Harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court   

1970  In the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165000 population and located on the Caspian Sea   

1970  NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing.   

1970  Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin.   

1970  Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84   

1972  24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton.   

1972  24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton   

1973  Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London.   

1973  Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV   

1973  Skylab launched, the inaugural Space Station   

1973  The United States launch the Skylab 1 space station.   

1973  US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military.   

1974  Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed.   

1975  In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 15th Europe Cup II.   

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1316  Charles iv: King of bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  Charles iv: Holy roman emperor   

1553  Margaret of valois: Wife of henry iv   

1652  Johann philipp fortsch: Composer   

1666  Victor amadeus ii of sardinia: Victor amadeus ii of sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  Peder [nielsen] horrebow: Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel gabriel fahrenheit: Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [ns=5/24]   

1699  Hans joachim von zieten: Prussian field marshal   

0347  Death of Pachomius: Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (coenobieten),   

0649  Theodore: Greek pope (642-49) (excommunicated by paul ii),   

0964  Death of John xii: [octavianus], pope (955-64),   

1470  Charles viii of sweden: Charles viii of sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Death of Nicolaus von amsdorf: German reform theologist,   

1574  Death of Guru amar das: Third sikh guru (b. 1479)   

1608  Charles iii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry iv: 1st bourbon-king of france (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56