Leonard Cohen released his debut album “Songs of Leonard Cohen” through Columbia Records.
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Chicago, the film based on the musical and directed by Rob Marshall, was released.
The 'Flushing Remonstrance' petition was signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which protested the ban on Quaker worship.
The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.