The original “Winnie the Pooh” novel written by A. A. Milne was released.
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US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.
The detective novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published.
Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.
