The first printed edition of the Zohar (Jewish kabbalah) was published.
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NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
Three missing members of the Congress of Racial Equality were found partially buried near a dam in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Mount Asama erupted in Japan, killing around 1,400 people.
French monk Dom Pierre Pérignon accidentally made champagne.
Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog took to Twitter to tell the public that they had broken up.
