The most destructive riot in Constantinople’s history, the Nika Riots, began during a chariot race.
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Johnny Cash recorded his iconic live album, At Folsom Prison.
Avezzano earthquake claimed 30,000 lives in Italy.
Instruments used to observe Venus found two-thirds of the planet's southern hemisphere brightened after aerosols were triggered on an 'astronomical' scale.
A meteorite that landed in Australia in the 1960s revealed stardust up to 7 billion years old.
Alfredo Ormando set himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.
