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1944  Rabbi Weissmandl sends out pleas to bomb camp and rail lines - based on his "Auschwitz Protocol" - a 31 page report from escapees' eyewitness accounts of Rudolph Verba and Alfred Wetzler.   

1944  The inaugural of 180000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

1944  1st of 180000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz   

1944  George Ade, US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78.   

1945  9th Division lands at Brunei   

1945  Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa   

1946  The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens   

1948  CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is are discovered in Greece   

1948  Chaim Weizmann elected inaugural President of Israel.   

1948  Egyptians enter the Gaza   

1948  Israel issues its inaugural postage stamps   

1949  William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies   

1952  Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

1954  Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61.   

1955  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title   

1955  King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo.   

1955  Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown   

1955  Debra Winger, American film actress is born   

1955  James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY   

1956  Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China.   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia.   

1957  Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1404.18 MPH.   

1957  US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT.   

1958  Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico   

1958  Walter Irwin flies 2259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter   

1958  Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49   

1959  Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69   

1960  Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US.   

1961  13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck   

1963  Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury.   

1964  Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion.   

1965  Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam.   

1965  Spaghetti-O's inaugural sold   

1966  Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released   

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1558  Andreas of austria: Bohemia cardinal/gov of netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard digby: English conspirator   

1609  Ferdinand: Austria, cardinal of spain/governor of netherlands   

1641  Dudley north: Financier/economist   

1659  Campegius vitringa: Dutch theologist   

1710  William talbot: 1st earl talbot, english politician   

1718  Maria gaetana agnesi: Italian mathematician   

1748  Antonius van alphen: Apostolic vicar of de bosch   

0942  Saadiah gaon: Head of talmudic academy of sura,   

1265  Saint simon stock: English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter appelmans: Flemish architect/master builder,   

1569  Dirk willems: Anabaptist martyr   

1620  William adams: English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Death of Andrzej bobola: Polish jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas wriothesley: 4th earl of southampton, english statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  Pietro da cortona: [berrettini], painter/architect,