South Carolina became the 8th state to join the United States of America.
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Police killed Bonnie and Clyde.
A fire broke out in the Britannia Bridge in North Wales.
Wilfred Benítez became the youngest 3-division world champion in history at age 22 after knocking out Maurice Hope in 12 rounds.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second in the film series, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in the US.
