DC Comics released Flash Comics Issue 1, featuring Flash Gordon.
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Toshiba rolled out a four-legged robot designed to clean up after nuclear disasters.
Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
Oxford Dictionaries declared 'climate emergency' as the word of the year for 2019.
MTV and Harmonix released Rock Band for PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
