Jimi Hendrix released “Are You Experienced,” which is considered one of the most influential debut albums ever.
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Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
The US Commerce Department decided that hurricane names would no longer be only female.
The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
The United States and Canada formed NORAD – the North American Air Defense Command.
One hundred and forty thousand miners went on strike in Pennsylvania.
