NBA hired the first African American coach Bill Russell for the Boston Celtics.
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Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, was elected.
Two Earth-like planets in one solar system were discovered.
A gunman named Gabriel Wortman rampaged through Nova Scotia, Canada.
William Lamb became the British prime minister for the second time.
The inaugural meeting of the International Court of Justice was held in The Hague, Netherlands.
