Today In History Highlights From 1564 to 1968
On this date events include the founding of St Augustine in 1564, Peter Stuyvesant surrendering New Amsterdam in 1664, Wisconsin becoming English territory in 1760, the Galveston hurricane toll in 1900, Morro Castle fire in 1934, civil rights progress reports ten years earlier, Cuba relations shifts, and border clashes near the Suez Canal one year ago.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Fla
North America
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Wisconsin
France
Suez Canal
Estrellita Horoscope Tomorrow Brings Growth and Romance
Generous influences favor problem solving and social life with strong late day aspects for romance. A productive new year hinges on planned financial and career programs through March and into May and August. Travel appears favorable through late November and again in July and August. A child born today could excel as teacher scientist or musician.
TV Specials End Summer With Miss America Crown and WWII Memoir
NBC wrapped a weekend of specials as Miss Michigan Pamela Anne Eldred was crowned after a two hour program. The lineup included Artur Rubinstein in a 90 minute portrait, an All Star Circus show, and a WWII Britain defense memoir with Michael Caine. Other highlights include Roy Rogers, Jack Paar and The Singers with Jack Jones.
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New York
Pamela Anne Eldred
Artur Rubinstein
Britain
Rubinstein
Israel
Tony Curtis
Royal Air Force
London
Television Program Highlights for Tonight
TV listings show Country Happening on channels 2 and 5 with Roy Rogers Dale Evans Michael Landon and guests. Gunsmoke on channels 7 and 9 features a mountain man guiding Marshal Dillon against a wolf. Jack Paar travels Africa on channels 2 5. Music Hall on channels 2 5 hosts Don Ho Minnie Pearl and Peter Nero. Family Affair on channels 7 and 9 scenes in Spain. Music Special hour with Jack Jones Cliff Robertson Michele Lee and Frankie Laine on channels 7 and 9. Masquerade movie stars Cliff Robertson plotting to kidnap a prince for an oil concession on channels 19 2. War and Peace Part I on channel 5 featuring Henry Fonda.
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NBC
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Jack Paar
Jack
Singers
CBS
Jack Jones
Michelle Lee
Don Ho
Minnie Pearl
Peter Nero
Spain
Cliff Robertson
Michele Lee
Near East State
Leo Tolstoy
Russia
Henry Fonda
SDS On Side of Commuter
Students for a Democratic Society backs commuter transit reform for Long Island and New Haven railroads without raising fares. Leaflets attack J. P. Morgan and Andrew Mellon as SDS plans demonstrations after colleges reopen for the fall term.
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New York
Students For A Democratic Society
Long Island
New Haven
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Mellon
SDS
Sabato's Son On Probation In Drug Case
Steven E. Sabato twenty pleaded guilty to passing a narcotic and began six months probation after a March 14 arrest following a raid at his Cincinnati apartment where marijuana and plants were seized. His father chairs the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
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Cincinnati
Steven E. Sabato
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Young Sabato
Hugo Sabato
Pentagon Revokes DS Medal for Sgt Major Wooldridge
The Defense Department revoked the Distinguished Service Medal awarded to Sgt. Maj. William Wooldridge, stating new information showed he did not merit the honor. Wooldridge, 46, a Shawnee Oklahoma native, was serving as the Army's first sergeant major and advised Gen. Harold K. Johnson on enlisted concerns.
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Washington
Defense Department
William ©. Wooldridge
Army
Pentagon
Wooldridge
Shawnee
Okla
Vietnam
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Army Chief of Staff
Harold K. Johnson
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India
Veronica
Fire
Wallace
Ben
Mr. T
Whitney
the Green
St. Philip
Reunion Boys
A Support
General Ike's Concern
Wadingbird
Greenland
Northern Pacific Railroad
Garrison
Estrellita
U.S
Wwe
Security
Strassburger
Wrenee
Cynthia Lowry
Michael Caine
Michael Landon
Bobby Goldsboro
Jody Miller
Glenn Ash
The
Marshal Dillon
Paar
Africa
Frankie Laine
Hauselman
Parx
Sabato’s
Montgomery
Woodlyn
N. University Blvd
MTA
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