The French Army massacred more than 300 civilians in the Vietnamese village of Mỹ Trạch.
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Martinique earthquake shook the majority of the Eastern Caribbean.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
British singer-songwriter Adele released her hit single 'Rolling in the Deep.'
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
Bombs in Hilla and Karbala, Iraq, killed 30 Shias and wounded 100 others.