Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
The Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Lady Jane Grey began her 9-day reign as the Queen of England, France, and Ireland.
Wyoming became the 44th state to join the United States of America.
NASA launched Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
