Coup d’état attempt on President Hugo Chávez failed in Venezuela.
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Anastasius I Dicorus ascended to the throne of the Byzantine Empire at the age of sixty-one.
Frank Sinatra recorded his hit 'Strangers in the Night.'
The US Navy bought their first-ever submarine called the USS Holland or SS-1.
The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
Apollo 13 was launched successfully but ran into difficulties two days later.
