Heineken International was founded in the Netherlands.
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Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
