America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.
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The Union Jack flag was flown for the first time in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.
