Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
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Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.
Bonnie and Clyde shot two highway patrolmen outside Grapevine, Texas.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The first edition of The Standard was published in London.
NASA celebrated April Fool's Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.
