Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
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Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, which destroyed the roof.
The island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George VI of England.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
