Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned King of Thailand.
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Secretariat made history when he finished the Kentucky Derby in record time.
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to outer space.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
A fire broke out in Hamburg, Germany. It burned for over 100 hours, killed 51 people, and destroyed 1,700 homes.
Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, became the ruler of the Mongol Empire.
