American singer Mario released his hit single “Let Me Love You.”
The song became Billboard’s Song of the Year for 2005.
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The fourth largest diamond was found in Karowe Mine, Botswana.
The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the United States of America.
The city of Havana, Cuba, celebrated its 500th birthday.