Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the United States of America.
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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.
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