The Detroit Pistons NBA team broke records after losing their 27th consecutive basketball game.
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Jimi Hendrix wrote 'Purple Haze' backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
The largest strike in South Korean history began.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
A devastating tsunami and earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
