Comic-Con celebrated its 48th yearly event in San Diego.
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Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
The British TV series ''The Office” first aired on the BBC.
Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
The first-ever Wimbledon Championship began.
British Princess Elizabeth got engaged to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
