Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
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The mapping of Mars' surface began.
A bus plunged 400ft from a cliff in Malshej Ghat, India, killing thirty people.
The Moon was photographed for the first time.
The Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers and invaded the Roman Empire.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
