'50s History for February 8th

In 1952, at age 24, Princess Elizabeth of England takes the oath of accession following the death of her father, King George VI. In 1955 Nikolai Bulganin succeeds Georgi Malenkov as Soviet premier. And in 1958 French jets bomb the village of Sakiet-sidi-Youssef, Tunisia killing 68 and injuring almost 100.
Born on this date - U.S. Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), father of science fiction Jules Verne (1828), actress Dame Edith Evans (1888), bandleader Buddy Morrow (1919), actor Jack Lemmon (1925), actress Audrey Meadows (1926) and actor James [Byron] Dean (1931).

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