A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan, which killed around 5,000 people.
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Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
Spain officially became the 16th member of NATO.
The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.
The first 1,000 Royal Air force bomber raid dropped 38 thousand tons of bombs on Cologne, Germany.
Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton, was released in the US & Canada.
