The first edition of America’s oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
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Queen Elizabeth II had hip surgery at King Edward VII Hospital.
The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Due to mosquito infestations, the city of Havana was relocated to its final location.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon premiered in Los Angeles.
Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.
