Person report

★01 Apr 1947
The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy began.

★06 Apr 1947
The first Tony Awards, recognizing achievement in American theatre, were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

★25 Nov 1947
McCarthyism: Executives from movie studios agreed to blacklist ten screenwriters and directors who were jailed for refusing to give testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

★25 Mar 1948
Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, United States, issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that had struck five days earlier.

★16 Jul 1951
The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

★21 Feb 1958
British artist Gerald Holtom unveiled a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became internationally recognised as the peace sign.

★03 Dec 1959
The current flag of Singapore was adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

★02 Jan 1967
Former actor Ronald Reagan began his career in government when he was sworn in as the 33rd Governor of California.

★24 Dec 1968
Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon.

★09 Aug 1969
Members of the Manson Family invaded a house and murdered actress Sharon Tate and four guests, before killing two more people the following night.

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