Bing Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut.
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Egypt's state TV lifted the ban on veiled news presenters.
The Wars of Castro ended when Pope Innocent X and his forces destroyed the Italian city of Castro.
Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
The first battle between the Spanish settlers and the Mexican natives of the Otomi and Tlaxcalans tribespeople started.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.