Pink Floyd’s debut album “Arnold Layne” was released.
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More than 20,000 people were killed after Mount Etna erupted in Sicily.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.