Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.
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Dr. Bernard Fantus and his team opened the very first 'blood bank' in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, US.
Robert Foster made a world record for holding his breath underwater.
The very first .com domain was registered.
Fuad I became King of Egypt.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-119.