The rockumentary film featuring The Who titled “Kids Are All Right” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
The Adventures of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, was released.
The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank's complete diary.
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
Dan Brown released his fourth novel in the Da Vinci Code series, Inferno, which became an instant success.
