The first Dutch abortion clinic began to perform artificially-induced abortions.
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Two scientists from the University of California Radiation Laboratory discovered carbon-14, a new isotope of carbon.
The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building, was set on fire by a Dutch communist.
Pokémon was released on the Game Boy for the first time, in the video games Pocket Monsters Red & Green.
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.
In Sweden, a job interview invitation was accidentally mailed to 61,000 people and caused chaos in their offices.
