The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded.
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Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lost his boxing title after refusing to join the army.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
Maryland became the 7th state to join the United States of America.
