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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Playbill
1961: Tennessee Williams' play "The Night of the Iguana" premieres on Broadway at the Royale Theatre. Two film adaptations of the play have since been made, including the Academy Award-winning 1964 film of the same name.