Bahrain declared independence from Britain.
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Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila founded Panama City.
New Zealand's All Blacks played their first international test against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground.
The Transcontinental Railroad linking up the East and West halves of the US was completed in Colorado.
The Indian Appropriations Act added the sell or starve clause.
One thousand Nigerian troops were airlifted into Liberia to end the occupation of Monrovia.
