Love Me Do by The Beatles hit number one on US charts.
It stayed at the Top 100 for 14 weeks.
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The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan, which killed around 5,000 people.
The first 1,000 Royal Air force bomber raid dropped 38 thousand tons of bombs on Cologne, Germany.
The Angry Brigade went to trial.
The First Balkan War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of London.
