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01/01/1950
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Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist (British Lions)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1950
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Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally 5 per week
Type: Event
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01/01/1950
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Yevgeni Vladimirovich Saley, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/01/1951
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Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
Type: Event
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01/01/1951
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Frans Kellendonk, author (Ruin, The Good for Nothing)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1951
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Jaco Pastorius, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/01/1952
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet
Type: Event
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01/01/1953
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Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres
Type: Event
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01/01/1953
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WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Type: Event
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01/01/1953
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Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
Type: Death
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01/01/1953
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Rochelle S Abramson, violinist
Type: Birth
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01/01/1953
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Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1953
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Kevin Hangon, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1953
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Ludomir Rązycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/01/1954
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Fr David, Paris France, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/01/1954
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Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
Type: Event
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01/01/1954
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WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
Type: Event
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01/01/1954
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Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
Type: Event
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01/01/1954
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KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/01/1955
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WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
Type: Event
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01/01/1955
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Michael James Sullivan, Gary IN, PGA golfer (1980 Southern Open)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1955
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Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
Type: Event
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01/01/1956
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Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/01/1956
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Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1956
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KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/01/1956
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KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/01/1956
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Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
Type: Event
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01/01/1956
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WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/01/1956
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Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK
Type: Event
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01/01/1957
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France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
Type: Event
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01/01/1957
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International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
Type: Event
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01/01/1957
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Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
Type: Event
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01/01/1957
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Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72
Type: Death
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01/01/1958
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WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/01/1958
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Treaties establish European Economic Community (Common Market)
Type: Event
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01/01/1958
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Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Saddler], NYC, rocker (Message)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1958
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David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/01/1958
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Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
Type: Event
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01/01/1958
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European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
Type: Event
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01/01/1958
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BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
Type: Event
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01/01/1958
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Ren Woods, Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1959
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Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
Type: Event
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01/01/1959
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Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1959
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Rohan Kanhai completes 256 v India at Calcutta
Type: Event
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01/01/1959
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Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
Type: Event
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01/01/1960
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Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
Type: Event
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01/01/1960
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Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20
Type: Event
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01/01/1960
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Montserrat adopts constitution
Type: Event
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01/01/1960
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US census at 179,245,000
Type: Event
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01/01/1960
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Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
Type: Event
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