After seventy-five years of South African rule, Namibia finally gained its independence.
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Glen Bell opened the very first Taco Bell restaurant, in Downey, California.
Between 100 and 3000 Jews were killed in riots in The Erfurt Massacre in the town of Erfurt, Germany.
The world's largest postage stamp was released.
English Novelist George Eliot completed her famous book called 'The Mill on the Floss.'
The First Zoological Society in the US was formed in Philadelphia.
