The Beatles released their very first album, “Please Please Me.”
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Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled flight.
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
The New York Horticultural Society was founded.
Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.