Montana became the 41st state to join the United States of America.
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Category five Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people with gusts up to 145 miles per hour.
Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered x-rays.
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.
