John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at a church dinner party.
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The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian troops invaded Biafra.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
The US adopted the name 'dollars' and started using decimal coinage.
The Forrest Gump movie was released in the US.
The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.
