NBC started “Toast Of The Town” on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first woman in the USA to earn a PhD.
The University of Oxford, England, received its first charter from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Haitian coup d'état started, and President Henri Namphy overthrew President Leslie Manigat.
The asteroid Eureka was discovered by David H. Levy.
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
