Congress changed the official name from United Colonies to the United States of America.
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John Lennon released his second album, 'Imagine.'
The tomb of a goldsmith family dating back 3,500 years was discovered near Luxor, Egypt.
Tajikistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from Florida on its 19th mission, STS-64.
American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon.
