New Mexico became the 47th state to join the United States of America.
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The Iraqi Army was formed.
King Harold of England became the successor to the crown after King Edward died.
The Sex Pistols punk rock band was fired by EMI for their bad behavior in public.
The Pyrenean ibex went extinct after the last surviving member of the species was killed by a falling branch.
A chemist in Berkeley, California, US, announced that they successfully synthesized hormones that are responsible for human growth.
