This day in history

Norwegian police announce that they have recovered Edvard Munch's painting The Scream, which had originally been stolen in 2004.

In Britain, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and American President Dwight Eisenhower hold the first ever live television broadcast from Downing Street.

In America, the world's first solar-powered automobile, designed by William G. Cobb, is demonstrated at the General Motors Powerama in Chicago.

In London, Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of Jack the Ripper, is found mutilated in Buck’s Row in the East End.

Abd-ul-Hamid II becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

The death of Byzantine Empress Theodora by what is thought to be breast cancer.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act, which expresses the desire of the United States to avoid a conflict which will lead to war.

In America, the world's first solar-powered automobile, designed by William G. Cobb, is demonstrated at the General Motors Powerama in Chicago.