Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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The Beatles' album 'VI' topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
The British newspaper, News of the World, published its last-ever edition following a phone-hacking scandal.
Lady Jane Grey began her 9-day reign as the Queen of England, France, and Ireland.
Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
The Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
