Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
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The Provincial Freeman Anti-slavery newspaper was first published in Ontario, Canada.
Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
Five hundred and sixty people dressed as ghosts, to get a world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts.
The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
King James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England and Ireland.
