Elton John became the 1,662nd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed $75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.
Apple's iPod hit store shelves.
The Smurfs were published for the first time in Spirou magazine in Belgium.
God created the world, at least according to Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh.
The world's longest over sea bridge opened in China.
