| Event | President | Date |
| Birth of Elvis Presley | |
| Launch of Sputnik | |
| Kick-off of Super Bowl I | |
| Original cinematic release of Jaws | |
| Assassination of Gandhi | |
| Sinking of Titanic | |
| Death of Mother Teresa | |
| Beatles' release Abbey Road | |
| Australia becomes a Federation | |
| | Event | President | Date |
| Murder of John Lennon | |
| First trans-Atlantic telephone service established | |
| Birth of Barack Obama | |
| The bombing of Pan-Am 103 over Lockerbie | |
| The National Hockey League is formed in Montreal | |
| Henry Ford produces the first Model T | |
| Film premiere of Nosferatu | |
| Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion | |
| The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved | |
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