A helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed in California with no survivors.
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A 60-ton decomposing whale exploded onto the busy streets of Taipei, Taiwan.
The Beaumont children, Jane, Arnna, and Grant, vanished from a beach in Adelaide, Australia, and were never found.
Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States of America.
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
England's first female bishop of the Church of England, Libby Lane, was ordained.
