The first Laurel and Hardy movie, “The Second Hundred Years,” was released in the United States.
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Isabella of Angoulême was crowned Queen consort of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
Pioneer Venus Orbiter, or Pioneer 12, sent its last transmission as it fell from its orbit around Venus.