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1954 - Birth of Jann Browne; country singer ("Mexican Wind").

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1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Henry Aaron homers in his first exhibition game.

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1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.

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1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32-game road losing streak.

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1955 - Birth of Boon Gould; rock guitarist (Level 42 - "Hot Water").

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1955 - Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal.

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1956 - Birth of Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova in Russia; cosmonaut.

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1956 - Birth of Tessa Sanderson in Kingston, Jamaica; British javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1984).

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1957 - Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns.

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1958 - Birth of Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre; Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Olympics-1988).

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