The Broadway show Frankenstein lost an estimated 2 million dollars, when it opened and closed on the same night 

Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr 

South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win 

Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 

Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG 

The first successful surgical removal of an appendix was performed, in Iowa, US 

Louis Braille, French deviser of an alphabet for the blind, is born