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May 5th - Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
May 6th - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs
May 6th - 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
May 6th - Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
May 8th - Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
May 9th - French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
May 9th - Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
May 10th - 1st Neth-US telex sent
May 11th - Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
May 11th - Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris
May 12th - Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris
May 13th - Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
May 13th - The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone.
May 14th - Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
May 18th - "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
May 18th - Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
May 19th - NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
May 20th - 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
May 21st - Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
May 22nd - Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
May 22nd - Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
May 22nd - Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
May 25th - Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
May 27th - "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
May 27th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
May 30th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
May 31st - Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
May 31st - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
Jun 1st - WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
Jun 2nd - ST Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators
Jun 3rd - French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
Jun 4th - CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
Jun 4th - Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
Jun 5th - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
Jun 6th - German DR & Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
Jun 6th - Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
Jun 8th - Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
Jun 8th - Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
Jun 8th - Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England
Jun 8th - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
Jun 10th - 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
Jun 10th - 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
Jun 10th - Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens
Jun 11th - Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
Jun 12th - 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
Jun 12th - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
Jun 13th - South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act"
Jun 15th - Dutch police seize condoms
Jun 17th - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
Jun 17th - Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
Jun 18th - Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
Jun 20th - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
Jun 20th - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
Jun 21st - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
Jun 23rd - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
Jun 23rd - Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
Jun 23rd - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
Jun 24th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
Jun 24th - French government-Bidault resigns
Jun 24th - NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
Jun 25th - Israeli airline El Al begins service
Jun 25th - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) & Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
Jun 25th - Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
Jun 25th - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
Jun 26th - Pres Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence
Jun 27th - "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
Jun 27th - 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
Jun 27th - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
Jun 27th - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
Jun 28th - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs
Jun 28th - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
Jun 29th - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
Jun 29th - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine
Jun 30th - US Gen MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops
Jul 1st - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs
Jul 1st - 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
Jul 1st - NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
Jul 1st - WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jul 2nd - Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
Jul 2nd - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
Jul 2nd - Henri Queuille is elected the seventh Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic.
Jul 3rd - 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
Jul 3rd - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
Jul 4th - Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
Jul 4th - Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
Jul 4th - The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
Jul 5th - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
Jul 6th - German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
Jul 7th - 1st Farnborough airshow held
Jul 7th - 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63)
Jul 7th - 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon
Jul 8th - 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
Jul 8th - 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
Jul 8th - Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
Jul 8th - Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
Jul 9th - 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
Jul 10th - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
Jul 11th - 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
Jul 12th - ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
Jul 12th - Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten & F Fischer to death
Jul 13th - Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow
Jul 13th - René Pleven forms French govt
Jul 14th - RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
Jul 16th - Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
Jul 16th - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
Jul 17th - Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
Jul 19th - French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
Jul 19th - NY Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard & Frank Barnes
Jul 19th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris
Jul 20th - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
Jul 22nd - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
Jul 22nd - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
Jul 24th - V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
Jul 26th - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
Jul 26th - KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
Jul 27th - Pres Truman promises aid to Taiwan
Jul 29th - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
Aug 1st - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
Aug 1st - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
Aug 1st - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
Aug 1st - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
Aug 1st - Territory of Guam created
Aug 5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
Aug 5th - Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
Aug 7th - Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
Aug 8th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
Aug 9th - Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
Aug 11th - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
Aug 11th - Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
Aug 11th - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
Aug 11th - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
Aug 12th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
Aug 12th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
Aug 13th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
Aug 13th - Pres Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
Aug 15th - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
Aug 15th - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
Aug 15th - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
Aug 15th - Indies Constitution goes into effect
Aug 15th - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
Aug 15th - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
Aug 15th - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
Aug 15th - Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Aug 16th - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
Aug 17th - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
Aug 17th - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
Aug 18th - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
Aug 19th - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
Aug 22nd - Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
Aug 22nd - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition