James Dean’s most acclaimed movie, “Rebel Without a Cause,” was released in the US.
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US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.
Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
Roman Emperor Constantine had his Vision of the Cross.
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.