East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh after seceding from Pakistan.
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The first Jewish person was elected in the US.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
Luther Terry, the US Surgeon General, released a report concluding smoking cigarettes is bad for you.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling officially finished writing The Deathly Hallows.
Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
