The rockumentary film featuring The Who titled “Kids Are All Right” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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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.
We Want Beer! parade was held.
The ban on Sunday baseball was lifted in Washington, D.C., making it the 3rd city to do so.