Cliff Richard and The Drifters’ single “Living Doll” reached number one in the UK charts and stayed there for six weeks.
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The satirical book 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published.
The Rolling Stones began the first of two concerts in Ireland.
Disney bought Capital Cities, ABC, and ESPN for $19 billion.
Christopher Columbus discovered Trinity Islands.
Samuel Hopkins was awarded the first US patent.