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American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
Born: Carola of Vasa (died 1907).
Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
Died: Eowa, king of Mercia.
Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.