NBC started “Toast Of The Town” on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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Sheila Scott became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state during the height of the US Civil War.
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
Haitian coup d'état started, and President Henri Namphy overthrew President Leslie Manigat.
The University of Oxford, England, received its first charter from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
