An audience goes to the cinema for the first time, streetcars come to San Francisco, The Beatles' "White Album" goes to No. 1, and the first American test-tube baby is born, all on this day.
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1954: Actor Denzel Washington, best known for movies such as "Glory," "Malcolm X," "Philadelphia," "Training Day" and "American Gangster," is born in Mount Vernon, N.Y.