Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & Comets reached #1 on the US singles charts.
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The first-ever Wimbledon Championship began.
NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, continuing its journey towards Saturn.
The British TV series ''The Office” first aired on the BBC.
Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
Comic-Con celebrated its 48th yearly event in San Diego.
