Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tebogo were admitted to the United Nations.
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The New York Times published its first issue.
The Teutonic Knights defeated the Polish army in the Battle of Chojnice.
During his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica.
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.
