Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States of America.
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Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
A helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed in California with no survivors.
Thirty thousand lives were lost after a major earthquake shook Lisbon.
The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.
