Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
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ABC premiered Walt Disney's first TV show, 'Disneyland.'
Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
