Lady Gaga signed a Las Vegas residency deal for $75 million at MGM Park Theatre.
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Adolf Hitler was freed from jail early.
The first spacewalk was made by the Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission.
The Christmas classic directed by Frank Capra, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' premiered in New York.
South Carolina seceded from the United States of America.
Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait of Suzanne Bloch' was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café by Candido Portinari.