The United States of America leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, with the lease lasting an indefinite period.
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The first-ever classified ad was published in The Times, London, UK.
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.
China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country's worst health emergency since 1949.
Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Silent Hill, the first installment in the Silent Hill series, was released for the PlayStation.
