Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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Space Shuttle Discovery completed its last-ever mission and made its final landing onto Kennedy's runway at 11:57 am EST.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
Barbie was presented to the public for the first time.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
