England’s first female bishop of the Church of England, Libby Lane, was ordained.
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Thirty thousand lives were lost after a major earthquake shook Lisbon.
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
After being unearthed in South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond became the world's largest.
Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.
