North Korea sent 75,000 soldiers to invade South Korea, which would start the Korean War.
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Prince released his sixth album 'Purple Rain.'
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank was published.
The rainbow flag was flown for the first time at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
The World Health Organization estimated that Yemen had over 200,000 cases of cholera.