Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls stating that Jews were not to blame for the Black Death.
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South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
The Forrest Gump movie was released in the US.
The Soviet Union started mass producing the AK-47 assault rifle.
The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian troops invaded Biafra.
The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.