American poet Ezra Pound won the first annual Bollingen Prize for his poetry.
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The website Tumblr was launched by its founder David Karp.
The USSR launched the Mir core module, the first module of the new space station.
Nazi Cabinet minister Hermann Göring banned all Catholic newspapers.
Kellogg's Foods was founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
A British company sent a 1,000-pound shipment of The Beatles wigs to the USA.