The Los Angeles Times was first published as the Los Angeles Daily Times.
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The Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself the Emperor of Central Africa.
Mission Santa Barbara was founded in California by Franciscan missionaries from Spain.
The first edition of the world's first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, was published.
A military dog 'Nemo' saved the life of his handler, Airman Robert A. Throneburg, during the Vietnam War.
