P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
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The UK hit a milestone after giving 10 million people a COVID-19 vaccination.
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
Walt Disney released '3 Caballeros' in the United States.
A Russian cosmonaut flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
