It happened on… September 30

The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Human Rights Monument in Ottawa.

The first Boeing 747 takes flight.

"The Flintstones," created by Hanna-Barbera, premieres on ABC.

Actor James Dean, age 24, dies in a car accident.

For the first time, a World Series baseball game is televised. The series pits the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees.

The city of New York is founded.

Dr. William Morton performs the first tooth extraction under local anesthesia.

Samuel Slocum invents the stapler.

"The Magic Flute," Mozart's final opera, premieres at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

Henry Bolingbroke is proclaimed King of England. He will reign as Henry IV.