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1952  Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech   

1952  Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1952  1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event   

1953  KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

1955  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad.   

1956  Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

1957  "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly and Crickets reaches #1.   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.   

1959  1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s inaugural passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait   

1960  Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72.   

1961  inaugural movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire   

1961  1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire.   

1961  Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I), dies at 71.   

1962  ABC's inaugural color TV series-The Jetsons.   

1962  ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

1967  Radio Malta formally ends testing   

1969  In this year, Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead.   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63   

1973  Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

1973  A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89.   

1974  Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68.   

1975  Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75   

1976  Ford-Carter TV debate   

1976  Soyuz 22 returns to Earth.   

1977  3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise.   

1977  In this year, Cheryl Ladd adopts in place of Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels.   

1978  100000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit   

1978  Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79   

1979  Jane Fonda and 200000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC.   

1979  Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75   

1980  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens   

1981  Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82.   

1982  Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68   

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1158  Geoffrey ii: Duke of brittany   

1161  Emperor takakura of japan: Emperor takakura of japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai khan of the mongol empire: Kublai khan of the mongol empire (d. 1294)   

1434  Yolande of valois: Duchess of savoy   

1555  Louise de coligny: French 4th wife of willem of orange   

1591  Michael lohr: Composer   

1596  Joan blaeu: Cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore gonzaga: Wife of ferdinand ii, holy roman emperor   

0079  Pope linus: Pope linus   

0775  Constantine v copronymus: Emperor of byzantium (720-75),   

0918  Death of Koenraad i: German duke/king (911-18),   

0965  Death of Aboe a-taia-h al-moetanabbi: Arabic royal poet (diwan), murdered   

1241  Snorri sturluson: Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  John i: Duke of lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Catherine of saxe-lauenburg: Queen of gustav i of sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  Philippus a paracelsus: Swiss physician/alchemist,