America officially began to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
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The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian troops invaded Biafra.
Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls stating that Jews were not to blame for the Black Death.
Richard I took to the throne as King of England.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at a church dinner party.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.