Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
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Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
The Supremes first appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' singing 'Come See About Me.'
Spain decreed the Laws of Burgos, the first set of laws that attempted to govern Spaniards abroad in the Americas.
The 'Flushing Remonstrance' petition was signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which protested the ban on Quaker worship.