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1948  Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53.   

1949  Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88.   

1950  "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel   

1951  Industrial estate at Harlow New Town UK opens.   

1951  Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75.   

1952  Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5   

1952  Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death   

1953  "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway   

1953  Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68.   

1954  Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later).   

1954  Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)   

1955  Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver.   

1955  "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances.   

1956  1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

1957  Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools.   

1957  Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0   

1958  The inaugural welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia.   

1960  Internationl Development Assn (UN agency) comes into existence   

1960  Launch of the USS Enterprise, the worlds inaugural nuclear powered aircraft carrier   

1960  The inaugural nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise)   

1960  The world's inaugural nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Enterprise, is launched   

1960  Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55   

1961  Sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68.   

1962  US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to U of Miss.   

1963  Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limit nuclear testing.   

1964  "The Munsters" premiers.   

1964  Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd.   

1964  The Munsters, starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Al Lewis, makes its TV premiere.   

1967  Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71   

1968  "60 Minutes" premiers   

1968  Swaziland joins the United Nations   

1968  Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67.   

1969  Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem Natl Conv) begins   

1970  The inaugural Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16   

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0015  Vitellius: Roman emperor   

1301  Ralph stafford: 1st earl of stafford, english soldier   

1501  Girolamo cardano: Italy, mathematician/astrologer (ars magna-1545)   

1513  Catherine of saxe-lauenburg: Queen of sweden   

1534  Guru ram das: Fourth sikh guru   

1564  William adams: British navigator   

1583  Albrecht eusebius wenzel von wallenstein: German general   

1625  Johan de witt: Statesman/advisor of holland   

0366  Liberius: Italian pope (352-66),   

0768  Pippin iii: The short, king of france,   

0786  Death of Al-hadi: Arabic kalief of islam (185-86),   

0911  Death of Ludwig iii: The child, last carolingian german king (899-911),   

1054  Death of Hermannus contractus: Scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  Robert of knaresborough: Hermit (b. 1160)   

1120  Welf ii: Duke of bavaria (b. 1072)   

1143  Death of Innocent ii: [gregorio de' papareschi], ital pope (1130-43),