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.
Jimi Hendrix wrote 'Purple Haze' backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
Jack Johnson became the first African American to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
After taking the world of technology by storm, the PC was named TIME's Man of the Year.
