Marvin Gaye was given a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
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The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the fastest-ever MLB game in history.
Science magazine announced that half the killer whale population would likely die due to human pollution.
William the Conquerer landed on English shores and began the Norman Conquest.
Singer David Bowie performed for the first time at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
American abolitionist David Walker published his appeal to the African American publications in Boston.
