Kansas entered the Union, making it the 34th state to join the United States of America.
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Margaret Thatcher became the first post-war prime minister who was refused a degree.
French President Jacques Chirac announced France's nuclear test program had finished.
President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.
Missing Malaysian flight MH370 was announced to have been an accident with no survivors.
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
