The Simpsons aired its 100th television episode on Fox.
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Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed in a small village in Northern Italy.
Maryland became the 7th state to join the United States of America.
