Bombs in Hilla and Karbala, Iraq, killed 30 Shias and wounded 100 others.
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Pong was released. It was the first commercially successful video game.
A wooden relic thought to be from Jesus's manger was returned to Bethlehem.
President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
The French Army massacred more than 300 civilians in the Vietnamese village of Mỹ Trạch.