Sunday, August 18, 2019.

• 1949 - Hungary adopts constitution
• 1949 - Ralph Flanagan & his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart"
• 1951 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth
• 1954 - James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting
• 1955 - -19] Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US
• 1955 - 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
• 1955 - Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria
• 1956 - Cin Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
• 1956 - Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1
• 1957 - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4«")
• 1957 - Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open
• 1957 - Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
• 1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1958 - "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, published
• 1958 - Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
• 1958 - Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
• 1958 - Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1958 - Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
• 1958 - Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records
• 1958 - TV game show scandal investigation starts
• 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
• 1958 - Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
• 1959 - Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be pres of Continental League
• 1960 - 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie Ill
• 1960 - 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• 1960 - Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg)
• 1960 - Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies
• 1961 - Construction on Berlin Wall completed
• 1962 - Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
• 1963 - James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi
• 1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
• 1964 - Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
• 1964 - Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
• 1964 - South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
• 1964 - USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
• 1965 - Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box
• 1965 - Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)
• 1967 - Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton
• 1967 - Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
• 1967 - WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
• 1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic
• 1969 - Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"
• 1972 - Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney œ800 in Sweden cannabis possession