Ernest Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not” was published in the US.
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Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
The first day of the Gregorian calendar began in France, Italy, Portugal, and various other Catholic states.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
