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Texas was admitted as the twenty-eighth state of the United States.

Thomas Edison recorded and played back the first sound recording on the phonograph.

Birth of Philip Sassoon.

Paris · Europe

Haim Bar-Lev became the eighth chief of staff of צה״ל ẒAHAL.

Apollo 8 was launched toward the Moon.

Death of ולטר ליפמן WALTER LIPMAN.

New York City · N. America

Operation Cast Lead began in Gaza.