SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.
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The Beatles performed their final show in England at Empire Pool in Wembley, London.
A national strike began in the United States, calling for an eight-hour workday instead of 12 hours.
Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
The Acts of Union were passed, officially uniting England and Scotland as one country.
