New Hampshire became the 9th state to join the United States of America.
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Louis St. Laurent resigned as the prime minister of Canada.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain used during Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York show sold for $6 million.
Burning the US flag was deemed legal.
J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
