The popular children’s book “Five on a Treasure Island” featuring the “Famous Five,” written by Enid Blyton, was published.
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The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.