Jimi Hendrix wrote “Purple Haze” backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
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The Detroit Pistons NBA team broke records after losing their 27th consecutive basketball game.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
JonBenét Ramsey was found dead.
James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
