The Everly Brothers broke up after Phil Avery smashed guitar and stormed off stage.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock's book 'Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care' was published.
President of France, Jacques Chirac narrowly escaped an assassination during the Bastille Day celebration.
NASA's New Horizons space probe completed the first flyby of Pluto in the history of human spaceflight.
Alpinists reached the summit of Matterhorn for the first time.
Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.
