Johnny Cash released “Folsom Prison Blues.”
It went on to win the Billboard Song of the Year.
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Former French President Jacques Chirac was convicted of diverting public funds and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
The US Patents Office was nearly completely burned down.
The Republic of Ezo, a separatist Japanese state, was established on the island of Ezo, Japan.
The US Bill of Rights was ratified when Virginia gave its approval, which became amendments 1-10 of the constitution.