Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
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Adolf Hitler's German military attacked Moscow.
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. was founded in Phoenix, Arizona.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
American spy thriller TV series 'Homeland' first aired on Showtime.