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1943  Anti Jewish riot in Rome.   

1944  Hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi is recorded as becoming premier   

1944  Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52.   

1945  UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence.   

1946  10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials.   

1946  Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged   

1948  "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances   

1948  Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 and 2), dies   

1949  WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting.   

1949  Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85.   

1951  The inaugural Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.   

1951  Liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar   

1952  Woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell and Market street   

1952  Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi.   

1953  Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)   

1956  "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres.   

1957  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia   

1957  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia.   

1958  Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres.   

1959  George C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78.   

1960  NL votes to admit Houston and NY to league.   

1962  Cuban missile crisis began as JFK is recorded as becoming aware of missiles in Cuba.   

1962  Byron R White is recorded as becoming a Supreme Court Justice   

1962  Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78.   

1964  China is recorded as becoming world's 5th nuclear power   

1969  Soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth.   

1970  Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser.   

1972  In this year, The Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of the Employment Practices Relating to the Running-Trades' Employees in the Railway Industry, the Gallagher Commission publishes its report. This looked at the employment practices, particularly hours of work.   

1972  Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80   

1973  Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize.   

1973  Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64.   

1976  Soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth   

1977  Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81   

1978  Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II   

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1396  William de la pole: 1st duke of suffolk, english soldier   

1430  King james ii of scotland: King james ii of scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo contarini: Italian diplomat and cardinal   

1535  Niwa nagahide: Japanese warlord   

1605  Charles c dassoucy: French writer/singer   

1663  Prince eugene of savoy: French-born austrian general   

1679  Jan dismas zelenka: Composer   

1708  Albrecht von haller: Switz, experimental physiology (acad of science)   

0775  Death of Mansur: Kalief of abbasiden,   

1323  Amadeus v the great: Count of flanders/savoy,   

1333  Death of Nicolaas v: [pietro rainalducci], italian anti-pope (1328-30),   

1355  Death of Louis: King of sicily, felled by the black death   

1473  Reinoud ii van brederode: Viscount of utrecht,   

1553  Death of Lucas cranach sr: German painter,   

1555  Hugh latimer: Royal chaplain of anna boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Death of Baron van montigny: Dutch earl of horne, murdered