Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
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Craig David was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization.
King James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England and Ireland.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
Black citizens were given the right to vote in Canada.
Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
