Otto IV was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ITOS-B weather satellite launched atop a Delta rocket.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
The oldest natural pearl discovered off the Abu Dhabi coast was estimated to be 8,000 years old.
The catastrophic Tragedy of Aberfan occurred in South Wales, killing many who were in a local school, mostly children.
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha became the first native to become a saint.
