The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
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St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
President Abraham Lincoln died.
The island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George VI of England.
