The Detroit Pistons NBA team broke records after losing their 27th consecutive basketball game.
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Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
JonBenét Ramsey was found dead.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
Mark Messier was suspended for ten games for starting a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone.
