North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th & 40th states to join the United States of America.
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The Morris Worm, the first computer virus made to be caught over the internet, disabled 6,000 computers in 24 hours.
A tiger, who hunted and killed 13 people, was killed after a large-scale hunt in Central India.
A suicide bomber killed civilians watching the daily border closing ceremony at Pakistan's Wagah border.
The comedy series 'Arrested Development' premiered on FOX.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
