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January
7th |
The first transatlantic telephone call was placed, connecting New York City to London. |
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January
7th |
The legendary exhibition basketball team, Harlem Globetrotters, played their first game. |
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January
10th |
The film Metropolis, by director Fritz Lang, premiered in movie theatres. It was the most expensive silent film ever made and is considered as one of the greatest classic movies of all time. |
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February
20th |
American actor, Sidney Poitier, was born in Florida. He was the first actor of African descent to win the best actor Academy award. |
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March
1st |
American musician and actor, Harry Belafonte, was born in Harlem, New York. He was one of the most successful American song artists who enjoyed tremendous success between the 1950's and 1970's. |
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March
11th |
In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre. |
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April
14th |
The first Volvo car came out of the production line. |
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April
16th |
Pope Benedict XVI was born in Bavaria. He was elected as the 265th Pope on April 19th 2005. |
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June
24th |
American physicist, Martin Lewis Perl, was born in New York. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton. |
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July
6th |
American actress, Janet Leigh, was born in California. She was best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. She was also the mother of actress Jamie Lee Curtis, from her marriage to her third husband, Tony Curtis. |
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July
15th |
85 protesters were killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. The victims were members of the Austrian Socialist party. |
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October
14th |
English actor, Roger Moore, was born in Stockwell, England. He is best known for his roles as, Simon Templar in the hit television series "The Saint" (1962 - 1969), and as James Bond in the hit film series (1973 to 1985). |
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October
18th |
American actor, George C. Scott, was born in Virginia, USA. He is best remembered for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the movie, Patton, as well as his portrayal of General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove. |
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November
12th |
Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party after a power struggle between him and Joseph Stalin. |
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December
27th |
Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist party and subsequently exiled from the Soviet Union. |
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December
30th |
The first subway train line in Asia, opened in Tokyo. |
