Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.
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The United Nations declared Matej Gaspar as the five billionth person in the world.
'Space Oddity' was released by David Bowie.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
American comedy-drama 'Orange Is the New Black' was released on Netflix.
