Johnny Cash released “Folsom Prison Blues.”
It went on to win the Billboard Song of the Year.
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The US Bill of Rights was ratified when Virginia gave its approval, which became amendments 1-10 of the constitution.
The longest ever United Nations climate talk ended.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
Former French President Jacques Chirac was convicted of diverting public funds and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
