North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th & 40th states to join the United States of America.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with Jennifer Lawrence premiered in Berlin, Germany.
The comedy series 'Arrested Development' premiered on FOX.
The Great Emu War in Australia began.
The Morris Worm, the first computer virus made to be caught over the internet, disabled 6,000 computers in 24 hours.
The Dow Jones Industrial hit its third record high in one week.