Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
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Aretha Franklin became the first-ever female artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The cryptocurrency 'Bitcoin' was created, providing a new digital currency.
China's Chang'e-4 became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the far side of the Moon.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
Benito Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship over Italy began after an aggressive speech in parliament.
