Spain decreed the Laws of Burgos, the first set of laws that attempted to govern Spaniards abroad in the Americas.
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Leonard Cohen released his debut album 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' through Columbia Records.
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
The Supremes first appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' singing 'Come See About Me.'
Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
