Segregation of races on public transport became illegal as ruled by US Supreme Court.
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The country of Georgia officially adopted the Five Cross Flag after more than five hundred years since its last use.
Queen Margrethe II became the first Queen of Denmark since 1412.
Elizabeth Bennet became the first woman to give birth by a Cesarean section in the United States.
The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, by Johann Christoph Denner.
An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.