Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
Naples, Italy, banned kissing in public.
The US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.
Barbie was presented to the public for the first time.
