Thunderball, the fourth James Bond film, premiered in Tokyo.
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The San Miguel volcano (also known as Volcán Chaparrastique) erupted in El Salvador.
The worst German air raid of the Blitz occurred.
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea was declared by The World Health Organization.
The Guatemalan Civil War came to an end after 36 years of bloody conflict.
King Henry II's knights assassinated Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.