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On This Day
10 events1972
Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened.
1963
Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.
1959
After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.
1959
Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution.
1956
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
1944
World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942.
1941
American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
1921
Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain.
1914
World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia.
1824
The disposable ship Columbus (pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.