The US Commerce Department decided that hurricane names would no longer be only female.
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The Soviet Union's Luna 5 uncrewed spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon.
After encountering many difficulties, Nathan Stubblefield was finally granted a US patent for his new version of a wireless telephone.
The first-ever quadraphonic concert was held.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
