The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
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The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
