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1952 North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH 
1953 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business.
1955 KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting.
1956 Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53.
1957 Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia.
1958 inaugural 2 F-27 Fokker's Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus
1959 Ford cancels the Edsel
1959 "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC.
1959 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism), dies
1960 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team.
1960 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61.
1961 Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
1962 Jodie Foster was born
1962 Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons
1963 Jodie Foster, American actress is born.
1963 Worst Canadian air disaster results in the deaths of 118 in Montreal
1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50.
1965 ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report
1966 Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1967 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational.
1968 Army coup seizes power in Mali.
1968 Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees.
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad andBean become 3rd and4th humans on the Moon
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory is recorded as becoming a Cal state historical landmark
1971 Fort Wilderness opens.
1971 Ft Wilderness opens
1971 Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1972 "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 9 performances.
1973 Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair.
1973 Cyril Allcott, cricketer (6 Tests for NZ, 113 runs and 6 wickets), dies.
1975 Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP.
1976 In this year, George Harrison releases "This Song"
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel.
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