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1947 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61). 

1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters. 

1948 Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary 

1950 Western allies rearm West Germany. 

1951 Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats. 

1953 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry. 

1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage 

1954 B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice. 

1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245). 

1955 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies 

1956 inaugural prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC 

1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC 

1957 UN resolution deplores and condemns USSR invasion of Hungary 

1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 

1958 In this year, Jackie Pung claims LPGA Jackson Golf Open. 

1959 Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45 

1962 Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64. 

1964 Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House. 

1964 Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82. 

1965 The Television show "F-Troop" premiers 

1965 Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies 

1966 Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66. 

1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47. 

1969 James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48. 

1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79. 

1971 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before and after WW2), dies 

1972 "The Waltons" TV program premiers. 

1972 Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70 

1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 

1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter 

1974 Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66. 

1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC and back to Yates Center, Ks 

1979 Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80 

1981 Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV 

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