DC Comics released Flash Comics Issue 1, featuring Flash Gordon.
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Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
FIFA World Cup 2022 kicked off in Qatar.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
Roman soldier Diocletian was appointed the new Roman Emperor after Roman Emperor Carus's death.
The American state of New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.