The Family Circus Comic Strip by Bill Keane debuted.
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Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Gone With the Wind,' making her the first African American woman to win an Oscar.
Charles Darwin explored Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil, and fell in love with its variety of plants, flowers, animals & insects.
Svend Robinson became the first Canadian MP to come out of the closet publicly.
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, wiped out a third of the city's population.
