Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
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The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
The largest strike in South Korean history began.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the US.
After taking the world of technology by storm, the PC was named TIME's Man of the Year.
Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
