Aretha Franklin became the first-ever female artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
A woman in Rome became the first person to receive a bionic hand that can sense touch.
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tried to fly his famous Flying Machine invention for the first time.
British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.