On this day in 1955, Lux Radio Theatre in the United States signed off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
On this day in 1975, the inaugural Cricket World Cup began in England.
On this day in 1982, Priscilla Presley opened Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier was kept off-limits.