Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
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The Battle of Balaclava took place during the Crimean War.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV was made available to PC players in North America.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
Scientists in India discovered a 152-million-year-old fossil of an extinct marine reptile called the ichthyosaur.
The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
