Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
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Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
Parliament officially nominated Henry IV as Richard II's successor and proclaimed him king of England.
NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.
