The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
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British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
Aretha Franklin became the first-ever female artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
The Apple Computer Company became Apple Computers Inc.
Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
