Taylor Swift became the world’s first musician to become a billionaire solely from songs and concerts.
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The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
The armies of Sultan Mehmed II arrived at Constantinople's outer walls and prepared to lay siege to the city.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
