Tayyib Ali Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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