1944 - Operation Market Garden ends in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroopers are evacuated from Oosterbeek near the city of Arnhem
1956 - Transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation from Newfoundland to Oban
1966 - 413 spectators, the smallest Yankee Stadium crowd, watch the White Sox win 4-1
1981 - The Rolling Stones begin their sixth US tour at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia
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