Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & Comets reached #1 on the US singles charts.
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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.
Nintendo released the Donkey Kong arcade game in Japan.
Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
British Princess Elizabeth got engaged to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
