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Starting event: Tennessee Williams publishes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)

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  1. 37
    Birth

    Nero, fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty, is born

  2. 946
    Politics

    King Edmund I of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine

  3. 961
    Politics

    King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda

  4. 1679
    Exploration

    The brigantine Le Griffon becomes the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America

  5. 1792
    Music

    Domenico Cimarosa's opera Il matrimonio segreto premieres

  6. 1832
    Birth

    Gustave Doré, French illustrator and painter, is born

  7. 1864
    Books

    Jules Verne publishes The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

  8. 1866
    History

    The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London

  9. 1899
    Sport

    Club Nacional de Football is founded

  10. 1916
    History

    The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act

  11. 1940
    War

    The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel

  12. 1953
    Film

    Tokyo Story, directed by Yasujirō Ozu, is released

  13. 1955
    BooksStarting event

    Tennessee Williams publishes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  14. 1958
    War

    The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera

  15. 1959
    Landmarks

    Stockholm Arlanda Airport officially opens

  16. 1964
    Film

    My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor, is released

  17. 1983
    Music

    Michael Jackson releases the song "Beat It"

  18. 1997
    Disaster

    Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85

  19. 2002
    Medicine

    The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China

  20. 2008
    History

    Twelve people are killed, including nine clubgoers and three police officers, during a crowd crush in Mexico City

  21. 2019
    TV

    The TV series The Mandalorian first airs