Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.
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The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the nation would officially cut relations with Germany.
