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1946 - Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at a Paris fashion show, modelled by Micheline Bernardi.

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1948 - Britain launches the universal, tax-funded National Health Service.

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1948 - E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn.

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1950 - Birth of Gary Matthews; baseball player (1973 National League rookie of year).

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1950 - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel.

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1950 - Private Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia becomes first US fatality in Korean War.

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1950 - NBC premieres the Truth or Consequences 30-minute TV game show.

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1951 - Birth of Huey Lewis; rocker (Huey Lewis and the News - "Need a New Drug").

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1951 - Birth of Richard "Goose" Gossage; relief pitcher (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres).

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1951 - Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.

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