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.
NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech immediately after being shot.
The Blitz bombing of London's Balham Tube Station was bombed, killing over 60 people.
Up to 125,000 people marched in the first LGBT civil rights march in Washington, D.C.
