The world’s richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
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The hashtag #5secondsofsummer trended worldwide for the first time on Twitter.
The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco.
The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.
The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.
The first International Women's Day was celebrated.