NASA celebrated April Fool’s Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.
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Marvin Gaye died after his father shot him twice in Los Angeles.
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
The first edition of The Standard was published in London.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.