Israel gave control of the city of Bethlehem to Palestine.
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Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.
French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium.
The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
The first full-length animated feature film, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' premiered.
A Mongol horde led by Batu Khan conquered and sacked the Russian city of Ryazan.
