Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
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St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
