Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States of America.
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Scottish inventor John Logie Baird changed the world of communication and entertainment forever when he demonstrated television for the first time.
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
England's first female bishop of the Church of England, Libby Lane, was ordained.
Frank Sinatra performed to 175,000 people who paid to see him in Rio de Janeiro.
