P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
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The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the nation would officially cut relations with Germany.
Walt Disney released '3 Caballeros' in the United States.
