Stevie Wonder released his first single, “Fingertips,” at age 13.
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The United States Congress formally recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and added it to the Federal Flag Code.
UNESCO recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef be listed as World Heritage Site 'in danger.'
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, was founded by King Charles II.
The United States Department of Justice was formed.
American gangster John Dillinger died from gunshot wounds at age 31.