Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the United States of America.
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Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
The city of Havana, Cuba, celebrated its 500th birthday.
The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 earned a staggering $500 million within 24 hours of release.
