A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen’s LEGO plastic bricks.
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Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Spain founded the Spanish Legion; an army unit made up of foreign soldiers.
