Hong Kong began to slaughter the city’s 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
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Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States of America.
The Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated.
The first major rock festival held on America's east coast took place.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
