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1951  "See it Now" premieres on TV   

1951  John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57   

1952  The feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the inaugural of a series of tests conducted by VX-1 pilots flying an HRP-1 helicopter off~ Panama City, Fla.   

1952  Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage   

1954  Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal.   

1955  Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for inaugural powered flight   

1955  Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

1956  Morocco gains independence   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons   

1958  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens.   

1958  Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies.   

1959  In this year, Wash Senator Bob Allison claims AL Rookie of Year.   

1960  Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration.   

1960  Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

1961  US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

1961  "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63   

1963  The Bell telephone company introduce the inaugural push button telephones in the United States   

1964  J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"   

1965  Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77   

1966  Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

1967  British government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40.   

1968  Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

1969  Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81.   

1970  Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon.   

1970  Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44.   

1972  Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose.   

1975  The province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy   

1976  Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.   

1976  Man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86.   

1977  Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89   

1978  Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana   

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1522  Lamoral: Count of egmont, flemish general and statesman   

1527  Luca cambiaso: Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor gonzaga: Empress of the holy roman empire   

1680  Jean-baptiste loeillet: Composer   

1727  Philibert commerçon: French naturalist   

1736  Carl friedrich christian fasch: Composer   

1742  Felix maximo lopez: Composer   

1772  Louis ferdinand: Prince of prussia christian, composer   

0942  Death of Odo van cluny: 2nd abbott of cluny (924-42),   

1154  Death of Adélaide de maurienne: Wife of louis vi of france (b. 1092)   

1170  Albrecht i "bear": 1st margrave of brandenburg (1150-70),   

1305  John ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Cuthbert tunstall: English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  George talbot: 6th earl of shrewsbury, english statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of juliana,   

1630  Death of Esaias van der velde: Dutch painter, buried