Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.
Source
American reality show 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' premiered on the E! Network.
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Blitz bombing of London's Balham Tube Station was bombed, killing over 60 people.
Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
