The UK government recognized British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language.
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Donna Summer received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
King George I of Greece was assassinated while out on a walk in Thessaloniki.
American Astronomer William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, one of Saturn's moons.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
