The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe announced that she would end her 52-year-long reign.
NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Caesar's Palace Fountain.