John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
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The first People's Choice Awards aired on CBS.
The silent horror movie ''Nosferatu" was released in Berlin, making it the first-ever vampire movie.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
