Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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Louis XVI of France declared war on Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Wyoming became the 44th state to join the United States of America.
The Beatles' album 'VI' topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
A chemical factory in Seveso, near Milan, Italy, exploded, covering surrounding areas in dioxin.