CoM Moderators Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago 1830 - First regular passenger rail service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line features horse-drawn railcars connecting Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills 1956 - 1st Eurovision Song Contest: Lys Assia for Switzerland wins singing "Refrain" in Lugano 1959 - First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania) 1962 - The Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Swanee" in Hamburg, Germany to close out their contract with producer Bert Kaempfert; Tony Sheridan later dubs vocal over tracks 1974 - 27th Cannes Film Festival: "The Conversation" directed by Francis Ford Coppola wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film 1986 - Reginald Huffstetler treads water for 985 hrs 1998 - 51st Cannes Film Festival: "Mia aioniotita kai mia mera / Eternity and a Day" by Theo Angelopoulos wins the Palme d'Or 2018 - US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea More Historical Events »
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