Opera “Alexander’s Feast” by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
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American poet Ezra Pound won the first annual Bollingen Prize for his poetry.
A British company sent a 1,000-pound shipment of The Beatles wigs to the USA.
Nazi Cabinet minister Hermann Göring banned all Catholic newspapers.
US Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders announced his second attempt to run for President.
The website Tumblr was launched by its founder David Karp.