Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
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The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
The world's first colored cartoon with synchronized sound was released.
More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Queen Victoria of Britain sent the first-ever transatlantic telegraph to US President James Buchanan.
NASA launched its Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers mission (AMPTE) from the Cape Canaveral launch pad.
