Mark Messier was suspended for ten games for starting a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone.
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Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
Jimi Hendrix wrote 'Purple Haze' backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the US.
Judy Garland made her show business debut.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
