1929 Ed Asner – Actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, JFK, Rich Man Poor Man, Roots, Change of Habit, Fort Apache The Bronx, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!)

Yeah, a more recent actor who was unique.

1918 Victory Day in Britain, following the end of The Great War, or World War I

Was it WWI or II where it was said: The war to end all wars.

1956 Elvis Presley’s first film, Love Me Tender, premièred in New York

I know I've said it before, but I want to say it again, he was horrible in his first movie, and I was very young to have noticed it.