It happened on a… September 30

1st Boeing 747 rolls out

“The Flintstones” the first animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera premieres on ABC in the US.

Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.

The World Series was televised for the first time. The sponsors only paid $65,000 for the entire series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.

City of NY established.

Dr. William Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after administering ether to a patient.

Samuel Slocum patented the stapler.

The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

Henry Bolingbroke became the King of England as Henry IV.