Alec Baldwin accidentally used a live firearm during a movie rehearsal, during which he shot and killed a cinematographer.
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The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived at Cape Virgenes, becoming the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean.
The oldest natural pearl discovered off the Abu Dhabi coast was estimated to be 8,000 years old.
The American musical comedy ''My Fair Lady,” starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
Major Australian newspapers blacked out their front pages in protest against press restrictions on printing whistleblower stories.